DETROIT—The FBI on Wednesday conducted searches at the home of United Auto Workers (UAW) President Gary Jones, a union retreat, and multiple other locations as part of a corruption probe into illegal payments to union officials, posing fresh problems for the union at a pivotal time.
News of the FBI action came as the UAW, a once powerful force in the organized labor movement, holds sensitive contract talks with Detroit automakers General Motors Co , Ford Motor Co and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) .
