Payday Report has learned that UAW Chief of Staff Chris Brooks has been forced out of the union amid a major corruption scandal. Multiple UAW staffers informed Payday Report that Brooks’ office at UAW’s Solidarity House had been cleared out and staff had been informed that he had left the union.
The departure of Brooks came as UAW President Shawn Fain was preparing to face re-election next year, and the scandals involving Brooks were seen by many as a liability for Fain’s re-election prospects. It also comes just days before UAW Federal Monitor Neil Barofsky is expected to release a new report into a series of troubling purges of dissident union leaders.
In addition to the removal of Brooks, Payday Report has learned that Fain has reinstated Rich Boyers as UAW Vice President for Stellantis…