UAW presidential challenge retains lead with fewer than 600 contested ballots remaining
United Auto Workers reform presidential candidate Shawn Fain is nearing victory with fewer than 600 challenged ballots remaining.
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United Auto Workers reform presidential candidate Shawn Fain is nearing victory with fewer than 600 challenged ballots remaining.
Behind the scenes there is a dirty fight over which faction of the UAW bureaucracy will dole out high paid positions and control the union’s $1.1 billion in assets.
"[M]urderous police brutality, our epidemic of gun violence, abortion rights, and a significant although limited upturn in grassroots labor energy.”
The vote for UAW president is headed for a photo finish due to a divided union. Until now, the union presidency had been filled by delegates to the union’s constitutional convention. Now the election is being run under the supervision of the court-appointed monitor financed by the UAW.
The vote count starts Wednesday in a historic run-off election for the United Auto Workers presidency and other offices.