UAW Retirees Ineligible to Seek Election, Federal Monitor Says

Retired members of the United Auto Workers are ineligible to run for office, the union’s federal monitor said in a decision that has the potential to limit the number of challengers to President Ray Curry this fall.

The move is part of a broad overhaulof the union’s election procedures by Neil Barofsky, the UAW monitor, under a consent decree with the US Department of Justice settling allegations of widespread corruption. The document, filed in the U.S. District Court of the Eastern Division of Michigan on Thursday, covers everything from campaign finance to voting methods, including direct bans on voter ...