DETROIT—A federal judge in Detroit on Aug. 5 sentenced a former United Auto Workers vice president in charge of relations with Fiat Chrysler to 15 months in federal prison for misusing funds that were intended for worker training to pay for luxury travel and entertainment for himself and other union officials.
Norwood Jewell, who led the UAW’s negotiations with Fiat Chrysler in 2015, is the highest-ranking UAW official to be sentenced in connection with a wide-ranging federal investigation of corruption within the union that represents U.S. factory workers at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, General Motors Co., and Ford Motor Co.
