UAW rank-and-file vote to pick union leadership

By Kalea Hall

DETROIT, ‌Oct 7 (Reuters) - ​Ballot ​counting is underway in the United Auto Workers leadership election, with incumbent president Shawn Fain ‌vying for another four-year term.

Fain, who became one ⁠of the labor movement's most recognizable figures after leading strikes ‌against Ford Motor, General Motors ‌and Stellantis in 2023, faces multiple opponents. Union members are also electing three vice presidents, a secretary-treasurer ​and regional directors.

A federal monitor appointed in 2021 to oversee union activities following a corruption scandal ⁠is tallying the votes.

• The federal monitor’s office began counting union votes ​on Tuesday.

• Fain is seeking a second four-year term as leader of the 400,000-member union.

• ​Fain’s challengers include Rich Boyer, ‌a union vice president who has clashed with Fain.

• The federal monitor, New York ⁠attorney Neil Barofsky, has accused Fain of retaliating against other UAW leaders and of a lack of transparency.

• Fain ⁠is the first president selected by union members, after the union ​membership voted in 2021 in favor of a direct-election method instead of a delegate system.

• A run-off election will be ‌held for races where no candidate has received a majority of the vote.

• The ‌election will likely be closely watched by executives at ⁠GM, Ford and Stellantis, ‌which agreed to ​record contracts following the Fain-led strikes.

(Reporting by Kalea Hall; editing by Mike Colias and Sanjeev ‌Miglani)

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