UAW agrees to monitor, voting changes after corruption probe

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Source: AP

By TOM KRISHER

DETROIT (AP) — An independent monitor will watch the United Auto Workers’ finances and operations, and members will decide how they pick future leaders under a reform agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s office.

The deal was announced Monday in the wake of a wide-ranging federal probe into corruption that reached into the upper ranks of the 400,000-member union.

It forestalls a possible federal takeover of the UAW due to the probe into bribery and embezzlement that has lasted more than five years.

The monitor, to be nominated by the union and approved by the Justice Department, will stay in place for six years unless all sides agree to end or extend the term. The deal, spelled out in a federal court consent decree, still must be approved by a U.S. district judge.



UAW International President Rory Gamble speaks during a press conference with United States Attorney Matthew Schneider announcing a civil settlement with the United Auto Workers, UAW, in Detroit, Mich.,  Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Daniel Mears/Detroit News via AP)


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1. As a retired union member, what unions need is to have transparency

of their payroll.

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2. They do.

LM reports. Every labor organization is subject to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act

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3. Union officials don't make that information available to the rank and file.

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4. The information is available to the rank and file on the DOL website.

OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT AND STANDARDS - OLMS UNION REPORTS

https://olmsapps.dol.gov/