Putting United Auto Employees members and supporters attend a speech by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders exterior Normal Motors' Detroit-Hamtramck Meeting plant on Sept. 25, 2019 in Detroit.
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The United Auto Employees union is investigating claims of sexual harassment and discrimination in certainly one of its areas.
The union, in an emailed assertion Monday, confirmed it has employed an investigator to look into allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination in UAW Area 2B, which oversees employees from dozens of firms in Indiana and Ohio.
The assertion adopted the Wall Road Journal reporting two present feminine UAW staffers have alleged that Richard Rankin, the director of the area who holds a seat on the union's governing board, "repeatedly made sexually charged remarks that in a single occasion escalated to a bodily risk."
Rankin couldn't instantly be reached for remark Monday evening. In an emailed assertion to the Wall Road Journal, Rankin mentioned he helps and...
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