Union Boss Quietly Negotiating Deal With GM While Embroiled In Million Dollar Corruption Investigation

A high-ranking United Auto Workers (UAW) official is quietly assisting in the negotiations between General Motors Co. (GM) and the workers’ union despite facing a host of federal charges, including embezzlement, money laundering, and conspiracy.

UAW Regional 5 Director Vance Pearson was advising the bargaining team over the weekend in Detroit, Michigan, as the union attempted to settle an impending strike between its members and GM. Only days earlier, Pearson was indicted by a federal prosecutor on charges of embezzling union funds, mail and wire fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy, according to The Detroit News.