The president of the United Auto Workers union, who has been linked https://www....
“The UAW is fighting tooth and nail to ensure our members have a brighter future. I do not want anything to distract from the mission. I want to do what’s best for the members of this great union,” Jones said in the statement, which did not give a reason for his decision.
The FBI has been conducting a wide-ranging investigation into illegal payoffs to UAW officials by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles , and the union had hoped to put the federal probe behind it by electing Jones, a former regional director for the union, as president in 2018. He had been chosen as president as he seemed removed from the scandal, sources have said, but in late August, the FBI conducted searchesA source previously said Jones was “UAW Official A” identified in criminal complaints filed against other UAW leaders. The complaints said that officials took part in alleged schemes to embezzle funds from the union.
The widening probe raises questions about whether the U.S. government might seek to take over the UAW.
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