Joe Ashton, a former vice president of the United Automobile Workers Union, has been charged with bribery and money laundering.
with the automaker. Once that settlement is wrapped up, UAW bargainers will move over to Fiat Chrysler to push for an agreement there.
"The UAW is fighting tooth and nail to ensure our members have a brighter future," Jones said in a statement."I do not want anything to distract from the mission. I want to do what's best for the members of this great union." Concerns about the scandal have weighed heavily on both sides during the ongoing round of contract talks, according to Arthur Schwartz, a former GM negotiator and now head of Labor and Economic Associates. Union bargainers, in particular, he said, were concerned that workers might not think they were getting enough in the light of evidence that surfaced through the corruption probe.
That issue is expected to also be at the forefront when talks resume at FCA, having been put on hold in September so senior union negotiators could focus on GM. But the Fiat Chrysler talks also are expected to be complicated by the automaker’s announcement last week thatPaul A. Eisenstein
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