DETROIT, June 17 (Reuters) - The federal monitor

overseeing the United Auto Workers union determined that UAW

President Shawn Fain retaliated against Secretary-Treasurer

Margaret Mock by reassigning some of her duties last year,

according to a report released on Tuesday.

The monitor, New York attorney Neil Barofsky, opened the

investigation in February 2024 to review allegations around the

two officers' actions, including that Mock said she had faced

retaliation for her refusal or reluctance to authorize certain

expenditures for Fain's office.

"Fain acted on a premeditated plan to take action against

Mock," the report stated, adding that the union president

retaliated against her because she refused "to grant exceptions

to the strict policy restrictions governing the expenditure of

Union resources."

The UAW did not immediately respond to a request for

comment. Mock also did not immediately respond to a request for

a comment.

In the report, the monitor called for the union's executive

board to reinstate the various responsibilities stripped from

Mock, which included purchasing, benefits and pensions.

The secretary-treasurer was also previously accused of

obstructing union operations and seeking to influence board

votes, claims the monitor said were unfounded.

Barofsky's latest report is damaging to Fain, a symbol of

union power resurgence across the country during a 2023 strike

against the Detroit Three automakers, Ford Motor ( F ), General

Motors ( GM ) and Stellantis ( STLA ), maker of Ram trucks and

Jeeps.

The monitor was appointed in 2021 following a years-long

corruption scandal that resulted in the federal convictions of

several former leaders. He has since regularly released reports

on his team's investigations into the union's practices.

Tuesday's report is the twelfth from the monitor's office.