Gary Jones, U.A.W. President, to Take a Leave of Absence

[MichMan]

7. The first 8 people convicted were involved in bribery. There are 7 others for embezzlement.

They were

1) FCA Executives
a) Al Iacobelli,
b) Jerome Durden
c) Michael Brown

They were charged and plead guilty to defrauding the joint Chrysler/UAW Training Center by diverting credit cards and funds to several UAW officials in order to receive favorable treatment at bargaining time

2) Those UAW officials who took the bribes were;

a) Monica Morgan-Holliefield (widow of UAW VP General Holliefield)
b) Virdell King
c) Keith Mickens
d) Nancy Johnson
e) Norwood Jewell

They also all took plea deals and plead guilty. They had all quit or retired before being convicted.

During the course of those above convictions, additional information was collected from the plea deals regarding the separate issue with embezzlement of UAW funds

So far, the following UAW officials have been charged for those activities

3) Embezzlement of UAW funds. These were either kickbacks from vendors supplying UAW branded "trinkets" like watches and apparel or unallowable expenses for lavish resorts, golf merchandise, expensive liquor, dining and cigars etc. all charged to the UAW.

a) Michael Grimes (plead guilty)
b) Jeff Pietrzyk (plead guilty)
c) Vance Pearson (awaiting trial)
d) Edward "Nick" Robinson (awaiting trial)
e) Joe Ashton (not yet charged)
f) Dennis Williams (former president; has not yet been charged)
g) Gary Jones (current president; also not yet charged)

Of the above, all are recently retired except for Pearson and Jones who are both on leave. Based on the preponderance of evidence and the conviction rate so far, I would expect Ashton, Williams and Jones to be charged in the near future once the Feds complete their case.