April 04, 2025
The Sixth Circuit said Friday that federal law bars Fiat Chrysler engineers from pursuing state-based claims alleging they lost wages and benefits after being transferred in connection to an illicit bribery scheme involving former United Auto Workers officials and company executives.
December 10, 2024
Sixth Circuit judges on Tuesday sounded skeptical that a group of auto engineers' claims over a bribery scheme between the United Auto Workers union and Fiat Chrysler, which the engineers allege negatively affected their employment, wouldn't be based on their collective bargaining agreement and thus preempted by federal labor law.
August 23, 2024
A group of engineers urged the Sixth Circuit to make a lower court send their fraud and civil conspiracy claims against the United Auto Workers and Fiat Chrysler back to Michigan state court, arguing they fall under state law and do not require interpretation of a labor contract.