GOP Rep.: Finish UAW Corruption Probe, but Avoid Government Takeover

United Auto Workers President Gary Jones speaks at the opening of open the 2019 GM-UAW contract talks in Detroit, Mich. On July 16, 2019. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

When FBI agents raided the homes of six key present and former United Auto Workers (UAW) officials on Aug. 28, including that of the union’s current president, Gary Jones, it prompted renewed talk of a federal takeover of the once-fabled labor organization.

Eight people from the UAW and Fiat Chrysler have been convicted so far in the joint bribery and corruption investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ), FBI, and IRS, and the latest raids suggest new indictments are in the offing.