Welcome to the new Michigan Legislative Update Newsletter brought to you by Michigan UAW-CAP. The Community Action Program (CAP) of the UAW is the union’s non-partisan political arm. CAP educates members, both active and retired, on political issues that affect them and their families. Learn more about UAW-CAP, here. Voting suppression disguised as voter security After historic voter turnout in the 2020 Presidential election, which saw extremely high numbers of absentee voting and first-time voters becoming registered to vote, there was much disinformation spread concerning the presence of voter fraud. Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey said, “We haven’t found ...
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Reconnecting with voters, rebuilding the infrastructure to elect labor friendly candidates, and concentrating on state and local offices are just some of the ways to fight back against the corporate control of our government, according to panelists at the 2018 UAW Community Action Program (CAP) Conference. Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana; Scot Ross, executive director of One Wisconsin Now; and Will Hailer, senior advisor to the Democratic National Committee (DNC), participated in a lively discussion on the failures of the 2016 election and some early successes in the last year. Mayor Buttigieg said many voters don’t care about ...
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UAW Endorses Wolf and Stack Workers from UAW Regions 8 and 9, which cover the entire state of Pennsylvania, are pleased to jointly announce the endorsement of Tom Wolf for governor and Michael Stack III for lieutenant governor. “After watching the stagnation of good jobs that support middle class families, our Pennsylvania members in Region 8 are proud to join with Region 9 in the endorsement of Tom Wolf for governor and Mike Stack for lieutenant governor,” said UAW Region 8 Director Ray Curry. “It is time that the suffering by the middle class ends. We feel confident that under ...
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