This is just over the last few years. I’ve lost track of how many UAW Presidents have gone to prison for theft, fraud and embezzlement. This is the SAME group of clowns berating “greedy” CEOs.
Just remember: while the poor union schlubs are out there striking and getting by on their $500/week fund, the UAW Fat Cats will still get their $200k salaries and dine on steak and lobster. All while funneling MILLIONS in union dues to “climate change” bullshit.
Aug 27, 2018: Former Fiat Chrysler Automobiles labor relations chief Alphons Iacobelli is sentenced to 66 months in federal prison for tax evasion and his role in a wide-ranging conspiracy to win favorable treatment from the UAW for FCA.
Aug 5, 2019: Former UAW Vice President Norwood Jewell was sentenced to 15 months in prison and a year of supervised probation for his role in a multimillion-dollar corruption scandal involving the union and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
Aug 14, 2019: Michael Grimes, a senior UAW official who “at times worked closely with the UAW Vice President and Director of the GM Department,” according to court filings, faces wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering charges. In court filings, Grimes and other unnamed UAW officials are accused of accepting bribes and kickbacks worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Aug 30, 2019: The FBI is investigating UAW President Gary Jones, whose home was raided this week by federal agents, over allegations of financial crimes. Sources told The Detroit News that investigators are looking into whether Jones or other UAW officials spent member dues on junkets to California and other potential wrongdoing.
Sep 4, 2019: Michael Grimes, who worked as an assistant in the UAW’s General Motors department, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Ann Arbor, Mich., to wire fraud and money laundering charges.
Sep 13, 2019: Vance Pearson, was arrested Sept. 12 and charged with conspiring to embezzle UAW funds. He is president of the union’s Region 5. The Detroit News reports that Jones and former President Dennis Williams are among officials implicated, but unnamed, in the criminal complaint against Pearson.
Oct 22, 2019: Jeffery Pietrzyk, a former assistant to former UAW-GM Department Vice President Joe Ashton, pleaded guilty on Oct. 22 to charges of conspiracy and fraud.
Oct 31, 2019: Edward Robinson, former top aide to UAW President Gary Jones and head of a UAW regional community action program council, was charged with conspiracy to embezzle union funds and conspiracy to defraud the U.S.
Nov 2, 2019: Rory Gamble, vice president of the UAW-Ford department, will be acting president after Gary Jones requested a leave of absence. Jones has been reportedly implicated in the federal probe into the UAW.
Nov 6, 2019: Federal prosecutors charged former UAW Vice President Joe Ashton, who headed the union’s 2011 negotiations with General Motors and was on GM’s board for three years, with money laundering and wire fraud.
Nov 20, 2019: News of Gary Jones’ decision to resign came shortly after the UAW’s International Executive Board voted unanimously to seek the permanent removal of Jones and regional director Vance Pearson from the union.
Nov 26, 2019: Former UAW regional director Vance Pearson, facing charges of misusing hundreds of thousands of dollars of union funds, appeared in federal court two days after resigning from his position and terminating his membership.
Dec 3, 2019: U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider said while the UAW has not adequately cooperated with the yearslong federal investigation of the union, his office has received new tips about corruption within the union.
Dec 4, 2019: Joe Ashton, the UAW’s lead negotiator with GM in 2011 who later sat on the automaker’s board, pleaded guilty to money laundering and wire fraud. He is expected to receive a prison sentence of 30 to 37 months and agreed to forfeit $250,000 he collected in kickbacks. Sentencing is scheduled for March 3.
Jan 6, 2020: Federal prosecutors filed new charges against former UAW Region 5 Director Vance Pearson, indicating that they expect him to plead guilty to embezzling member dues to pay for expensive cigars, golf equipment and other luxuries.
Feb 2020: Former UAW Regional Director Vance Pearson pleaded guilty in federal court on Feb. 7 to conspiring with at least six other UAW officials to embezzle union funds and to further racketeering activity. He agreed to cooperate in the federal government’s investigation, which also targets former UAW Presidents Gary Jones and Dennis Williams. On Feb. 19, Michael Grimes, a former assistant in the UAW’s General Motors department, was sentenced to 28 months for wire fraud and money laundering.
March 2, 2020: Edward Robinson, a top aide to former UAW President Gary Jones, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to embezzle union funds and conspiring to defraud the U.S.
March 5, 2020: Federal prosecutors on Thursday charged Gary Jones, the former president of the UAW, with embezzling more than $1.5 million from the union he once led. Jones was charged in a criminal information, indicating he’s expected to plead guilty.
June 3, 2020: Gary Jones agreed to forfeit $144,000 and is expected to serve about four years in prison. His sentence could be reduced if the assistance he provides to investigators is substantial.
Aug 27, 2020: Federal prosecutors charged ex-UAW President Dennis Williams, who led the UAW from 2014 to 2018, with conspiring to embezzle funds from rank-and-file workers for nearly a decade.
Sep 30, 2020: Dennis Williams, who served as the UAW’s president from 2014 to 2018, pleaded guilty on Sept. 30 to embezzling money from the members he once led.
Nov 17, 2020: Ashton, who negotiated the UAW’s 2011 contract with GM and later became a GM board member, was sentenced on money laundering and wire fraud charges.
May 11, 2021: The UAW’s president from 2014 to 2018, Dennis Williams is the highest-ranking UAW member to be sentenced in a yearslong corruption probe that has netted 15 convictions.
June 10, 2021: Ex-UAW President Gary Jones is the second-consecutive UAW leader to be put behind bars.
July 6, 2021: Vance Pearson was sentenced for conspiring to embezzle union funds and further racketeering activity with other high-ranking union officials.
Nov 10, 2021: Prosecutors allege Tim Edmunds, a former financial secretary at UAW Local 412 in Warren, Mich., stole roughly $2 million.
