UAW President Must Forfeit Documents to Watchdog, Judge Says (1)

A federal judge has ordered the United Auto Workers to hand over records it sought to shield from a government watchdog investigating union President Shawn Fain and other top officials.

The order requires Fain to forfeit text messages and other documents as part of wide-ranging probe into his dealings with the union’s executive board. The judge largely sided with federal monitor Neil Barofsky, ordering to quickly produce all unredacted documents sought, with a narrow exception for board meeting minutes and tape recordings that might include confidential bargaining strategy or conversations with attorneys.

The late Monday ruling from Judge David Lawson ...