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UAW President Shawn Fain (Deadline Detroit photo)
The United Auto Workers union is still trying to right the ship.
The latest: Union President Shawn Fain’s chief of staff has resigned after evidence showed he colluded with the union’s compliance director to falsify allegations against Secretary-Treasurer Margaret Mock, the Detroit News reports, citing a new report by the union’s court-appointed monitor.
The News reports:
The UAW also will restore leadership of the Stellantis Department to Vice President Rich Boyer and has disciplined Communications Director Jonah Furman, whose text messages show involvement in the scheme with Chris Brooks, Fain's resigned top administrative assistant who has played an instigating role in the union's strategy. The Compliance Department will no longer directly report to Fain, as well.
The watchdog, lawyer Neil Barofsky, disclosed the details of the scheme and a subsequent cover-up in a report delivered to U.S. District Judge David Lawson, who gained broad control of a deal to oversee the UAW in 2020 following a years-long public corruption scandal that sent numerous labor leaders and auto executives to federal prison.
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