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This Jan. 26, 2016, file photo, shows the Flint River in Flint, Mich. A judge on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, approved a $626 million settlement for Flint residents and others who were exposed to lead-contaminated water.
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In this July 16, 2019, file photo, Gary Jones, United Auto Workers President, speaks during the opening of their contract talks with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in Auburn Hills, Mich. Federal prosecutors have charged the former president of the United Auto Workers with corruption, Thursday, March 5, 2020, alleging he conspired with others at the union to embezzle more than $1 million. Jones quit his post in November 2019.
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Rory Gamble, acting head of the United Auto Workers union answers questions in Southfield, Mich., Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. UAW President Gary Jones was placed on paid leave last weekend after a key ally was charged. Joe Ashton, a retired vice president of the UAW on Wednesday became the 13th person to be charged in a widening federal investigation of corruption at the union and auto companies.
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In this July 16, 2019, file photo, Gary Jones, United Auto Workers President, speaks during the opening of their contract talks with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in Auburn Hills, Mich. On Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, an FBI spokesperson confirmed federal agents are searching Jones' suburban Detroit home apparently another step in an investigation of union corruption.
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Genesee County Clerk-Register John Gleason protests alongside a dedicated handful United Auto Workers retirees during a protest against former UAW 1-C Director Norwood Jewell, Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at Sitdowners Memorial Park in Flint, Mich. Jewell is expected to enter a plea agreement Tuesday, on charges related to misuse of union workers' training funds. The retired UAW workers who protested are asking for all mentions of Jewell's name to be removed from the park.
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In a file photo from July 14, 2015, Norwood Jewell, Vice President of the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US Department, United Auto Workers, during the opening of contract negotiations in Detroit. The former vice president has been charged with conspiracy in a scheme with Fiat Chrysler to buy meals, golf and other perks with money from the automaker. It's the latest development in the government's investigation of how officials at Fiat Chrysler and the UAW enriched themselves by using money set aside for a job-training center. The conspiracy charge against Jewell was filed Monday, March 18, 2019, as a criminal information, which means a guilty plea is likely.
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In this June 14, 2017 file photo, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette fields questions from reporters in Flint, Mich., after announcing charges against five water officials with manslaughter related to their alleged failure to act during the Flint water crisis. In 2016, Schuette promised to investigate the Flint water scandal “without fear or favor” and pledged that state regulators would be locked up for fudging data and misleading the public about lead in the poor city’s pipes. Yet three years later, no one is behind bars.
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