The UAW is committed to maintaining an ethical, transparent, and accountable environment.
To serve this purpose, the UAW provides an Ethics Hotline for UAW members, employees, and others who have had professional interactions with the Union to confidentially report unethical conduct by International UAW officials, staff, or employees, whenever other available channels of communication are impractical or not preferable under the circumstances.
The Ethics Hotline is open 24 hours-a-day, 7 days-a-week, via a toll-free phone number or web-based reporting service. The UAW is using an experienced outside firm to run the Ethics Hotline. The UAW will make every effort to maintain the confidentiality of individuals who use the Ethics Hotline. Any retaliation for good faith reports is strictly prohibited by the UAW and will not be tolerated.
A list of Frequently Asked Questions about the Ethics Hotline can be found, here.
To access the Ethics Hotline via the web, visit website: https://report.syntrio.com/unitedauto
To access the Ethics Hotline via the telephone, dial
phone number: 877-866-9682
In August 2024, the UAW International appointed Cathy Creighton as its Ethics Officer. Ms. Creighton the Director of Cornell University ILR Buffalo Co-Lab. For thirty years, Ms. Creighton worked as an attorney in the field of labor relations, first as a field attorney for the NLRB, and then as a union-side labor attorney where she co-founded the firm Creighton, Pearce, Johnsen & Giroux. Ms. Creighton represented private and public sector unions in NLRB and PERB matters, arbitration, contract negotiations, and general litigation. Ms. Creighton also represented individual workers in discrimination matters, Federal and State litigation, employment contracts, severance agreements, and wage theft cases. Ms. Creighton has also conducted numerous labor union officer and stewards’ training workshops. The Ethics Officer is empowered to investigate allegations, complaints, or matters referred to her by the Ethics Hotline, UAW or otherwise, and to hold hearings at her discretion.
The banning of all charitable contributions from UAW joint program centers, vendors, or employers to any charities run or controlled by UAW officials.
The enactment of accountability measures to the Joint Programs, including that purchases of promotional items using joint program funds have been permanently banned and all expenditures will be controlled, monitored, and regularly audited by independent public accounting firms.
The implementation of stringent monetary controls that increase oversight by the UAW Accounting Department over the finances of our union.
The UAW has committed to actively obtaining rank-and-file input into future ethics policy through the creation of an Ethics Advisory Committee. The committee includes UAW members and individuals from the UAW’s Public Review Board.
March 21, 2022, IEB Response to UAW Member Advisory Committee on Ethics Report
The UAW has hired four additional auditors, all with post-secondary coursework in accounting/finance/tax regulation to assist with increased auditing process.
The UAW has retained a new external accounting firm — with a nationwide practice and an expertise working with labor organizations — that conducted the financial audit work of the International Union for 2019, and is also conducting a one-year lookback into all financials. This firm will also be handling the UAW financial reporting going forward.
The Secretary-Treasurer’s office is implementing a comprehensive expansion of financial training for all UAW personnel responsible for any financial/accounting duties. Personnel will be trained on new accounting procedures, operational procedures, new regulations, labor laws, updated policies and procedures and new checks and balances, etc.
As part of this comprehensive overhaul, financial operations will be more centralized with oversight from the Secretary-Treasurer’s Office and subject to the stringent new policies and procedures implemented as a result of the overall independent audit.
The UAW is aggressively utilizing the Bonding Certificate system in place to clawback or recover 100% of any misappropriated funds prior to any restitution afforded by the courts.
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Michaela Good2022-05-12 15:24:262023-11-20 15:25:52UPDATE ON 2022 IEB ELECTIONS