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UAW President Shawn Fain Accused To Seeking Benefits For Fiancée

Just last month, GM Authority reported that UAW President Shawn Fain was under investigation by a Federal Monitor for allegations of retaliation against other union leaders. Now, Monitor Neil Barofsky has revealed new details regarding his investigation into Fain, which includes demanding benefits for his fiancée and her sister.

According to a report from Automotive News, multiple parties are claiming that Shawn Fain retaliated against them, including Vice President Rich Boyer. In a statement, Boyer alleged that Fain retaliated “for my refusal to accede to demands by Brother Fain and his agents that I take actions involving the Stellantis assignment that would have benefited Brother Fain’s domestic partner and her sister.”

In addition, Boyer claims that he was removed for his “refusal to demote one UAW member assigned to my staff, and to terminate the UAW employment of another such UAW member.”

“It is not a personal decision,” Fain wrote in a prepared statement explaining his decisions. “Vice President Boyer and I are friends. In the old UAW, that would have meant he and I decide to not rock the boat, and if that means the members fall a little bit further behind, so be it. In the new UAW, it means we step in and take corrective action when needed.”

It’s worth noting that Fain is engaged to Keesha McConaghie, a financial analyst at the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center.

Photo of UAW logo.

Interestingly, Federal Monitor Neil Barofsky also released more information regarding a separate investigate involving an unidentified regional director. More specifically, he received allegations that said regional director “embezzled funds by using their UAW corporate credit card for personal purchases and misappropriating union property.” As of the time of this writing, Barofsky is waiting on the UAW to provide more documents related to this issue.

Notably, the union has produced more than 70,000 documents thus far.

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  1. Shocking! Not!!!

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  2. Would expect nothing less from a guy who literally looks like a mouse.

    Do a deep dive investigation on the guy! Throw the book at him and lock him up! The UAW has a very very very bad reputation and with presidents like this we wonder why! Send a message so the next presidents don’t push a toe out of line.

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  3. Voted Motor Trend Person of the year. Should be Scumbag of the year.

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  4. Meanwhile, Stellanis cutting union jobs after that great (over reach?) contact and looking to build more product at more competitive plants (Mexico?). Who would have seen this coming?

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  5. Corruption in management, a continuing tradition in the UAW. Will it be punished?

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  6. HOW LONG before he becomes part of a concrete foundation?

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    1. That would actually be great news!

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  7. Suprise, Surprise, Surprise. Typical of large labor unions.

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  8. Is there a meeting in a restaurant in the near future for Shawn

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  9. I’m shocked! Shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!

    Just continuing the time-honored UAW Leadership tradition of corruption!

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    1. Going to watch Casablanca on-demand tonight. Thanks for the idea.

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  10. Sorry Steve. Weasel face, lock him up!

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  11. This is union leadership at its finest. Not just the UAW but all unions. When will these union workers realize that the leaders are not out there to help the worker, they are out to pad their own pockets.

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