A court-appointed monitor overseeing the United Auto Workers (UAW) union released a 93-page report this week calling for UAW President Shawn Fain to restore duties stripped from Secretary-Treasurer Margaret Mock, stating Fain’s actions were “unjustified and violative of the UAW’s Constitution.”
The monitor’s investigation determined Mock was “falsely accused of misconduct” when Fain removed her departmental responsibilities and board positions in February 2024.
The report found that Mock had properly followed union financial policies rather than “weaponizing” them as alleged.
“The material allegations against Mock lack factual support and fail to meet the constitutional threshold for reassigning her responsibilities,” the monitor’s report stated.
The investigation revealed that Fain’s office had a significant influence on a Special Compliance Report, which was used to justify Mock’s removal.
According to the monitor, Fain admitted to asking Compliance Director Marni Schroeder to “put together a list” of allegations against Mock.
The monitor’s report revealed that Fain deliberately concealed his role in orchestrating Mock’s removal.
Rather than exercising his constitutional authority directly, Fain arranged for others to present the motion against Mock at a board meeting.
The investigation documented multiple instances of hostile behavior, including a staff meeting where Fain allegedly threatened to “slit” or “cut” the “expletive throats” of anyone who “messed” with his core team. While Fain later characterized this as a lighthearted remark, attendees interviewed by the monitor “did not interpret it as humorous or rhetorical.”
The monitor concluded that no evidence supported claims that Mock had “been derelict in her duty or been guilty of a dishonest act” - the constitutional requirement for removing departmental supervision.
The report called for “immediate restoration of Mock’s oversight of these departments by Fain or the IEB itself.”
In response to the report, Mock said in a statement: “The court-appointed independent monitor confirms what I have said all along: There was no justification for action taken last year to remove me from positions I held on behalf of UAW members.”
Mock also stated, “I was elected on a reform slate because our members want a fresh start from the previous scandals and bad practices which took money out of our members’ pockets.”
The monitor was appointed to oversee the UAW as part of a Consent Decree aimed at addressing issues of fraud, corruption, and misconduct within the Union.
The monitor has deferred bringing formal charges while investigating additional allegations of retaliatory conduct concerning Fain’s office.
The UAW has not responded to Local 4’s request for comment regarding the report.