From the Detroit Bureau:
With a potentially close race for the presidency looming this fall, United Auto Workers President Ray Curry signed a memorandum boosting the pensions of members of the Staff Council, the UAW in-house union for UAW representatives responsible for contract enforcement and grievances.
The court-appointed monitor that oversees the union in the wake of its recent financial scandal also flagged a $95,000 expenditure for a backpack distributed to union members at a conference as an improper use of UAW funds because it supported the candidacy of Frank Stuglin, the administrative caucus campaign for UAW Secretary-Treasurer, the union’s second highest office.