Auto Workers (UAW) members made history last November, winning direct elections of national officers (“one member, one vote”) in a membership referendum. Now delegates are headed to a Constitutional Convention where candidates will be nominated for the top slots. The whole process will put to the test whether reformers can break the iron grip of the Administration Caucus, the
Unofficial vote totals show 64% of UAW members preferred to see their leaders picked by direct, union-wide election rather than by delegates at a convention.