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The UAW faces an internal tug-of-war between union members demanding reform of what they see as a corrupt system and the union’s old guard defending it.

Hundreds of members are backing a campaign to have the UAW hold direct elections for union president, a move they believe will bring more inspiring union leaders, ones they say will fight harder for the union’s rank-and-file. In recent decades, the UAW has been run by a single party or caucus, with each union president having a powerful say in choosing his successor, and that, dissidents say, led to internal rot – and the wide-ranging scandal in which top UAW officials embezzled more than $1.5m in union money and accepted more than $5m in kickbacks from auto company contractors and ...

The 2,900 members of UAW Local 2069 hit the bricks April 17, shutting down the largest Volvo truck manufacturing facility in the world. But 13 days later many were dismayed when the union sent them back to work and said they would be told later what had been bargained. Over the weekend, workers voted by 91 percent to reject the tentative agreement. Photo: DelegateTara, Twitter. Update: On May 20 union officials brought back a second tentative agreement. Workers are organizing to again vote no and petitioning to recall top officers. Factory workers at a Volvo truck plant in southwest Virginia ...

Members Challenge Terms of UAW Consent Decree in Court Splinter group pushing for change to end corruption. Some UAW members want changes to the consent decree negotiated between UAW President Rory Gamble, left, and former U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider. A group within the United Auto Workers challenged the union’s established leadership, asking a federal judge for a larger voice in reforming the UAW. One of the key requests in the petition by the United All Workers for Democracy or UAWD is for a voice in the selection of the monitor and administrative officer, who will oversee the union�...

From electric vehicles to corruption — UAW faces huge challenges By Martha Grevatt posted on February 16, 2021 General Motors CEO Mary Barra raised more than a few eyebrows Jan. 28, when she announced GM would have an all-electric product line by 2035. This planned phaseout of fossil fuel-burning vehicles represents a serious departure from four years ago, when GM joined the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers in calling on President-elect Donald Trump to scale back President Barack Obama’s fuel economy targets.  Detroit GM workers on strike, 2019, now their jobs face a new threat.  ...