Posts tagged Article 30
UAW process to oust Fain must restart, rendered invalid by monitor
September 11, 2025 // "It was a procedural error," said Dave Pillsbury, a team leader at the General Motors Flint Assembly plant, Local 598, who is behind the movement to pass the charges, along with vocal Fain dissident Brian Keller. According to Pillsbury, the UAW's consent decree, which outlines terms of oversight and punishment between the UAW and the federally appointed monitor who watches over the union, lays out guidelines for filing charges that differ from the UAW constitution.
Members of Warren union local move forward with effort to oust UAW president
August 3, 2025 // According to copies of the charges reviewed by the Michigan Advance, Fain is accused of dereliction of duty, financial mismanagement, retaliation against union members, hiring non-UAW personnel for positions that should be filled by union members, and failing to comply with the conditions of a consent decree appointing an independent monitor to investigate misconduct and remove fraud, corruption, illegal behavior, dishonesty and unethical practices from the union.