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Justice Department, UAW Reach Settlement on Reform Plan
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Dennis Williams
The United Auto Workers knew a settlement was coming. Now comes the hard part: compliance. This past Monday, December 14, Matthew Schneider, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, announced that his office and the UAW had settled a civil suit filed earlier that day against the union based on acts of fraud, embezzlement and tax evasion committed by certain among its members. Criminal investigations had led to charges and convictions of 15 individuals, mostly union officials, including recent UAW Presidents Gary Jones and Dennis Williams. Most thus far have received sentences. The consent order, which requires court approval, creates an Independent Monitor possessed of the authority for up to six years to investigate and discipline corruption.
A United Auto Workers assemblyman works on a Ford F-150 truck at a plant in Dearborn, Mich., in 2018. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
DETROIT (CN) The federal government and the United Auto Workers said Monday they have reached a settlement to reform the powerful union after corruption infected the very top of the historic organization, resulting in 15 criminal convictions.
“Today we are joining together to announce that the UAW, one of the largest and most prestigious unions in the world, now has a pathway to be free of corruption,” Eastern Michigan U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider said at the start of a press conference in Detroit.