Corrupt UAW Executives and the General Motors Strike

According to a report in the Detroit News, UAW corruption was responsible for the General Motors strike. UAW Secretary/Treasurer Gary Casteel and Danny Tull, the former deputy to UAW Gary Jones, are co-operating with US Federal investigators in providing information of over $1 million allegedly spent on luxuries for UAW officials. The article cites unnamed sources and a Federal Court Affidavit by the US Labor Department. The allegations directly implicate UAW President Jones. Investigators uncovered sworn witnesses that allege that Jones spent UAW dues on golf clothing in Palm Springs, and that money was also spent on high-end retreats, cigars, and liquor, among other luxuries. Jones’ charity, 5 Game Changers Charity Fund, was allegedly ordered to hide the expenses UAW leaders took their GM members off the job because they lacked the credibility to sell a contract without a walkout. A federal probe into union corruption has so compromised the union officials that members can have no confidence they are bargaining in good faith, unaffected by the bribery and kickback scandals.