"It compilates an already impossibly complicated situation," said Art Wheaton, a labor expert at the Worker Institute at Cornell University. "Fiat Chrysler was already going to be a nightmare just because of all the differences that have happened."
Jones took a leave of absence from the union on Nov. 3, days after being implicated as part of a multiyear federal investigation into corruption in the UAW. Jones has not been charged by U.S. prosecutors, but federal agentsMary Barra, chairman and chief executive officer of General Motors Co. , right, and Gary Jones, president of the United Auto Workers , shake hands during a GM event at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.
"That said, the fact that these issues can cause doubt about the contracts is regrettable," the union said. "The UAW leadership is absolutely committed to making whatever changes are necessary to ensure on our end the misconduct that has been uncovered will never happen again."Ford Motor,