Direct voting has prevailed in a historic referendum on how the United Auto Workers union chooses its international leaders, according to preliminary results released Wednesday night. Read the article here.
With more than half the votes counted, a proposal to give UAW members a direct role in choosing their leadership is passing by a sizable margin. More than 60 percent of the ballots counted as of late Tuesday were cast in favor of adopting the “one member, one…
The results so far show that members are “rejecting the behavior and practices of the entrenched political caucus and welcoming a new, unchartered territory to reshape the UAW into a viable union that we so desperately need,” said Frank Hammer, former president of UAW…
The UAW’s international referendum on direct elections ends today. Ballots were mailed to members of the United Auto Workers in October giving them the option to change the way their leaders are elected. The union’s International Executive Board has always been…
The deadline for when United Auto Workers members can submit their vote on whether to implement direct elections of international union leaders or maintain the current delegate-based system is on Monday. The election brought on by a corruption scandal within the UAW…
Convention delegates are selected by UAW members, but the rules and procedures used throughout the convention are controlled by the so-called “Administrative Caucus,” which is an extension of the executive board. Critics of the system argue the conventions have…
