United States of America v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America

  1. March 20, 2023

    UAW Monitor Rejects Election Protest As Runoff Nears End

    An independent monitor overseeing the United Auto Workers said there is "no basis" at this time to grant President Ray Curry's challenge to a still-pending runoff to determine the union's next president, as a challenger candidate appears poised to take over the union in its first-ever direct election.

  2. November 28, 2022

    UAW Presidential Hopeful Can't Delay Imminent Vote Count

    A Michigan federal judge dismissed a suit seeking to delay the Monday deadline in the first-ever direct vote to elect the president of the United Auto Workers over alleged notice and ballot distribution lapses, saying the candidate behind the case lacked standing to sue.

  3. July 20, 2022

    UAW Subverted Ethics Review After Feds' Probe, Monitor Says

    The Jenner & Block LLP partner appointed to oversee the United Auto Workers' compliance with a deal ending a federal corruption probe told a Detroit federal judge that the union has been intermittently cooperative, withholding notes from an internal audit and hiding its investigation of a senior official.

  4. July 01, 2022

    UAW Retirees Can't Lead Union Exec Board, Judge Says

    A Michigan federal judge held Friday that retired members of the United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America can't run for president of the union's International Executive Board, siding with the union's interpretation of its constitution.

  5. November 12, 2021

    UAW Reforms After Fraud Probe Still Slow-Going, Report Says

    The United Auto Workers' independent compliance monitor said in a report that the union still has a ways to go in implementing promised reforms as part of the UAW's settlement that ended a U.S. Department of Justice corruption and fraud investigation.

  6. May 12, 2021

    Jenner & Block Partner Appointed To Monitor UAW Deal

    A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday granted the government's unopposed motion to appoint Jenner & Block LLP partner Neil Barofsky as an independent monitor to help carry out a consent decree that ended a sprawling probe into the United Auto Workers union.

  7. April 27, 2021

    UAW Reform Group Can't Intervene In $1.5M Fraud Deal

    A Michigan federal judge ruled Tuesday that a grassroots membership caucus of the United Auto Workers can't intervene in the union's $1.5 million deal to settle the government's fraud and corruption investigation, finding that the request is untimely and the group doesn't have a tangible legal interest in its enforcement.

  8. April 13, 2021

    Feds Want Jenner & Block Partner To Monitor UAW Deal

    The federal government asked a Michigan federal judge Monday to appoint Jenner & Block LLP partner Neil Barofsky and his legal team, including a Crowell & Moring LLP partner, to monitor a consent decree that ended a corruption and fraud investigation targeting the United Auto Workers union.

  9. February 22, 2021

    UAW Reform Group Challenges $1.5M Deal In Fraud Case

    A grassroots membership caucus of the United Auto Workers pressed a federal judge Monday for permission to weigh in on "key weaknesses" in a $1.5 million deal that ended the federal government's corruption and fraud investigation into the union.

  10. February 01, 2021

    Mich. Judge Approves $1.5M Deal To End UAW Fraud Probe

    A Michigan federal judge approved a consent decree between the United Auto Workers and the federal government that requires the union to pay $1.5 million and submit to an independent monitor for six years, resolving a lengthy corruption and fraud investigation.