Auto Workers’ Union Chief Steps Aside as Corruption Probe Widens
- Prosecutors file criminal case against the union’s leaders
- Gary Jones says he doesn’t want to ‘distract from the mission’
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United Auto Workers President Gary Jones, who led negotiations that ended an almost six-week strike at General Motors Co., will take a leave of absence Sunday amid reports he is involved in a years-long corruption scandal. Those allegations clouded contract talks with U.S. automakers.
“I do not want anything to distract from the mission,” Jones said Saturday in a statement after the union’s executive board approved the step. “I want to do what’s best for the members of this great union.”