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Michael Sainato

US justice department investigating UAW president over corruption allegations

Shawn Fain, a man with grey hair and beard wearing glasses, looks upward against a blue backdrop
Shawn Fain looks on during a United Auto Workers union members meeting in Belvidere, Illinois, on 9 November 2023. Photograph: Leah Millis/Reuters

The US Department of Justice is investigating allegations against the United Auto Workers (UAW) president, Shawn Fain, that he put pressure on another high-ranking union official to provide benefits to his fiancee and sister and then retaliated against the official who refused to approve it.

On Sunday, Fain, who is running for his second term as union president, said the accusations are false and a part of election interference against him.

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