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Federal prosecutors Monday portrayed former United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams as an imperious, hypocritical thief who should spend two years in prison for helping embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on luxuries, including private villas, cigars, booze and more. Williams, 67, will be sentenced May 11, the first of two former UAW presidents convicted in a landmark corruption crackdown that has revealed labor leaders and auto executives broke labor laws, stole union funds and received bribes and illegal benefits from union contractors and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV ex...

Feds' pick for UAW monitor lauded for 'tough but fair approach' Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press © Jessica J. Trevino/Detroit Free Press Vance Pearson, a regional UAW director charged in the corruption probe, has been placed on leave. A former assistant U.S. attorney who was also a key player in stabilizing  the economy in the 2008 financial crisis has been picked, pending court approval, as the independent monitor for the UAW as part of its consent decree related to the years-long corruption probe. Popular Searches The U.S. Attorney's Office in Detroit filed a cour...

Detroit — FCA US LLC (FCA, a/k/a Fiat Chrysler Automobiles), one of the big three American automobile manufacturers, pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the Labor Management Relations Act, also known as the Taft-Hartley Act, by making illegal payments to officers of the United Auto Workers union, Acting United States Attorney Saima S. Mohsin announced today. FCA is the American operating subsidiary of Stellantis, and it is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Today, a representative of FCA appeared in a virtual court hearing before United States District Judge Paul D. Borman and a...

Federal judge approves consent decree for independent monitor to oversee UAW’s finances, operations Union has 30 days to propose 3 candidates for monitor Updated:  Tags:  Feds reach tentative settlement with UAW in union corruption probe DETROIT – A federal judge approved Friday a consent decree in which an independent monitor will watch over the United Auto Workers’ finances and operations for the next six years. According to court documents, “the Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce the terms of this consent decree through Jan. 12. 2027.” However, it can be extended. “Th...

AllOnGeorgia Settlement Reached with United Auto Workers Union to Reform Union, End Corruption & Fraud The proposed settlement fully and finally resolves the criminal and civil investigation of the UAW as an entity.  The UAW also agrees to resolve a tax investigation by making a payment of $1.5 million to the Internal Revenue Service in connection with administrative fees that the union received from the three joint training centers that were operated with the three car manufacturers.  In addition, the UAW has already paid back over $15 million to the training centers for improper chargebac...