Punching In: UAW Election Runoff Begins Ahead of Negotiations

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

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Ian Kullgren: UAW members have begun casting their ballots in a presidential runoff—and the stakes couldn’t be higher.

The race between incumbent President Ray Curry and challenger Shawn Fain teeters on a razor’s edge weeks before the union is set to begin negotiating a new contract with the Big Three. Curry and Fain were the top two vote-getters in the five-way presidential race last year—Curry ahead by about 600 votes—but neither received the majority needed to win outright.

Fain has a slight edge in the runoff. He’s well-positioned ...