UAW Challenger Wants to Play Hardball with US Automakers: Q&A

The United Auto Workers will, for the first time, directly elect the next union president under an agreement with the federal government to settle a corruption probe that produced more than a dozen convictions.

The most serious challenger to incumbent president Ray Curry is Shawn Fain, an employee at the UAW headquarters who oversees a skills training center near Detroit.

In a wide-ranging interview with Bloomberg Law, Fain discussed his plans to clean up the union and take a firmer stance in negotiations with US automakers next year. He sharply criticized union leaders’ handling of the transition to electric ...