UAW Celebrates Union Member Leader Claire Valdez’s Victory in NY-07’s Democratic Primary for Congress

Today, the UAW is celebrating the Democratic primary victory for one of the Union’s own member leaders, Claire Valdez for Congress in NY-07. UAW Region 9A mobilized thousands of members across NY-07 to help deliver a victory for New York’s working class.

“We are so proud to be sending the UAW’s own Claire Valdez to deliver for the working class in Congress,” said UAW President Shawn Fain. “We know with Claire in Congress, we’ll never ask her to pick a side in the fight for justice. This is exactly how the labor movement can fight back against corporate greed and inequality: by electing more of our own. We know Claire is ready to fight like hell in Washington for the working class and our core issues at the UAW, and we have her back.”

“We are so excited to be celebrating Claire Valdez’s Democratic primary victory today alongside a broad, multiracial, multigenerational, working-class coalition in New York,” said UAW Region 9A Director Brandon Mancilla. “For every union member we elect to office, we build a stronger, more powerful foundation to fight back against the billionaire takeover of our politics. Claire’s campaign ran on an unapologetically pro-organizing, pro-worker empowerment labor platform, and proves this is what voters are looking for right now. We’re proud of the hundreds of rank-and-file UAW volunteers that mobilized thousands of our neighbors to the polls for Claire!”