By Allen Kinzer on Posted in Union Membership,UnionsLast week, the UAW and the U.S. Justice Department reached an agreement to end the criminal investigation into the UAW. Twelve former UAW officials have been convicted of embezzling UAW-Chrysler training funds and UAW dues money and are serving time in a federal penitentiary. The convicted include two former UAW presidents, Gary Jones and Dennis… Continue Reading
By Allen Kinzer on Posted in Union Membership,UnionsAmid the ever growing UAW corruption scandal, UAW President Gary Jones has taken a paid leave of absence, after the U.S. Justice Department accused him of embezzling over $700,000 in membership dues, among other charges. UAW Vice President Rory Gamble has been appointed acting President, and he has hired Deloitte LLP to conduct a forensic… Continue Reading
By Allen Kinzer on Posted in Union OrganizingOn April 9, 2019, the UAW filed a third election petition with the NLRB to represent workers at Volkswagen’s manufacturing facility in Chattanooga. With this new petition, the UAW seeks to represent about 1,700 production and maintenance workers at the VW facility. In 2014, the UAW lost an election to represent the same VW group… Continue Reading
By Allen Kinzer on Posted in Union Organizing,UnionsAs previously covered by this blog, the U.S. Justice Department has thus far indicted two former UAW officials and two former Chrysler officials in an embezzlement scandal involving the joint UAW-Chrysler training center. Now two classes of Chrysler workers have filed civil lawsuits against both the UAW and Chrysler’s parent, FCA US LLC based on… Continue Reading
By Allen Kinzer on Posted in Union OrganizingAfter two days of voting in a secret-ballot NLRB election, production and maintenance workers at the Moraine, Ohio Fuyao glass plant rejected the UAW. The final vote tally was 886 “No” votes to 441 “Yes” votes. This is the third major defeat of the UAW among auto manufacturing and auto supplier companies in as many… Continue Reading
By Allen Kinzer on Posted in Elections,Union OrganizingBy nearly a 2-to-1 margin, Nissan’s production and maintenance employees at its Canton, Mississippi facility rejected UAW representation. The count was 2,244 “no” votes to 1,307 “yes” votes. The UAW had invested heavily for over six years in trying to convince Nissan’s Mississippi workers to vote “yes.” Through demonstrations and rallies featuring actor Danny Glover,… Continue Reading
