Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers, speaks while President Biden joins union members on a picket line on Sept. 26, 2023, in Belleville, Mich. Fain is under investigation by a federal court monitor. Shawn Fain, the president of the United Auto Workers, is under investigation by a federal court monitor for alleged retaliation against two other union leaders, according to a report filed Monday in a district court in Michigan.
Fain said Monday evening in a statement to The Washington Post that the union encourages the monitor “to investigate whatever claims are brought to their office, because we know what they’ll find: a UAW leadership committed to serving the membership, and running a democratic union.” The union’s executive international board voted in February to strip Mock of all of her field assignments in response to allegations that she “had engaged in misconduct while carrying out her financial oversight responsibilities,” according to the report.Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed.The report also said that Barofsky has opened a probe into allegations by a vice president who has been overseeing the union matters with Jeep-maker Stellantis.