Monday, January 07, 2019

UAW Black Lake resort bleeds millions, plans lavish cabin

UAW Black Lake resort bleeds millions, plans lavish cabin
The intertwined lives of a UAW official and a Fiat Chrysler executive"At its remote, 1,000-acre resort in northern Lower Michigan, the UAW is building an opulent cottage for former President Dennis Williams.
But the Black Lake Conference Center near Onaway, subsidized by interest from the union's strike fund, is not a moneymaker for the UAW.
Black Lake has bled tens of millions of dollars over the years, and according to tax filings, owes the UAW more than $61 million.
...Now, amid a federal criminal investigation over misuse of millions of dollars from the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center, the union's practice of providing cottages for former presidents to use faces scrutiny and criticism..."

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