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Former UAW official Ashton pleads guilty, faces 3 years in prison

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After retiring from the union, Joe Ashton represented the UAW's retiree health-care trust on the GM Board of Directors for three years before resigning in 2017. (BLOOMBERG)
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By:
Hannah Lutz
December 04, 2019 07:38 PM

DETROIT -- Joe Ashton, the UAW's lead negotiator with General Motors in 2011 who later sat on GM's board, pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to money laundering and wire fraud.

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