Police downstate raided the home of the president of the United Auto Workers.

It’s the latest in the growing investigation into union corruption, and Wednesday it reached Northern Michigan.

The FBI and IRS raided the home of UAW President Gary Jones Wednesday in Canton and other UAW locations across the country.

Including the union’s education center in Northern Michigan.

That education center is in Cheboygan County’s Waverly Township next to Black Lake.

We’ve been following this corruption investigation for weeks now.

Union officials and Fiat Chrysler executives are accused of funneling money from a job training center in Detroit to themselves.

But then two weeks ago, the investigation widened when a former union official was charged with accepting kickbacks from union vendors.

The UAW criticized the searches Wednesday.

In a statement, the UAW says they and President Gary Jones: