U.S.

Reuters

Former United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams on Wednesday pleaded guilty to trying to embezzle union funds. Appearing by video in the U.S. District Court in Detroit, Williams entered his plea and apologized to the members of a union that faces a corruption probe by the office for Matthew Schneider, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. Williams is one of 15 people charged so far in the probe being run Schneider, who has said a takeover of the union remains an option.