Administratorships

Article 12, §3 of the UAW International Constitution authorizes the International Executive Board (IEB) to impose an administratorship upon a local union where necessary to prevent or correct financial malpractice.  Here, all parties agree that Local 892 had struggled financially for many years.  In August 2022, the International Auditor found ...

The PRB has jurisdiction to review the IEB’s decision to impose a suspension under Article 30, §4 of the International Constitution.  Under Article 30, §4, the default rule is that an accused International officer will continue to function in his or her elected capacity pending trial.  However, Article 30, §4 ...

Under the UAW International Constitution, the International Executive Board (IEB) can impose an administratorship for one of the purposes described in Article 12, §3(a) through (d).  Although the purposes are broadly stated in the Constitution, they do impose some limitation on the IEB’s authority.  The fact that the International Union ...

There is no evidence in the record that an administratorship was necessary to prevent corruption or financial misconduct within the meaning of Article 12, §3(a), of the Constitution. The fact that Grima questioned the propriety of pension and insurance contributions for the Local Union’s part-time janitor does not amount to ...

Franks identified a potentially serious fault in the integrity of the electoral process at Local Union 7777 during its 2013 triennial election. Election Committee Chairperson McDonald’s support for President Jeter’s defiance of the IEB’s order to rerun the runoff election for president gave credence to Franks’s argument that McDonald was ...

This appeal should not have been rejected as untimely. The record supports a conclusion that Anderson-Shearen diligently pursued her appeal regarding this issue. The International Union referred Anderson-Shearen’s appeals back to the Regional Director rather than referring them to the IEB.  This suggested that the merger was still an open ...