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UAW Steps Up Michigan Canvassing to Boost Backed Candidates
The union said 113,000 members voted early in the August primary as it tries to turn endorsements into votes for its candidates.
- The United Auto Workers is reasserting its political power in Michigan, a premier political battleground, by mobilizing about 113,000 members to canvass and call voters ahead of Election Day.
- Reckoning with a membership decline and past corruption scandals, the UAW faces internal distrust after more than 10 officials pleaded guilty since 2017; membership has fallen from over 600,000 in the 1980s to around 350,000 today.
- Union voters remain divided, with 44% of household members supporting Republican President Donald Trump in 2024, creating challenges for canvassers like JJ Jewell of the Community Action Program.
- UAW leaders endorsed Democrat Abdul El-Sayed for the U.S. Senate, while Republican opponent Mike Rogers emphasizes opposition to federal electric vehicle regulations that some feared would close factories.
- President Shawn Fain, who claimed reelection Friday based on preliminary results, told reporters the organization wants members to drive union direction on affordability, though labor expert Robert Bruno notes electoral success relies on grassroots mobilization.
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The United Auto Workers tries to reassert political power in Michigan
Walter Usakowski, from left, a retired worker from the Ford Motor Co.'s Sterling Axe Plant who plans to vote for the union's slate of Democratic candidates in the midterms, talks with United Auto Workers union canvassers LaShawn Barnett, Kim Avouris and JJ Jewell in Shelby Township, Mich., Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacqueline GaNun)
·Baltimore, United States
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The United Auto Workers tries to reassert political power in Michigan as it faces internal divisions
The United Auto Workers is working to regain political influence in closely contested Michigan. The UAW generally supports Democrats, but its members are divided over whether Democrats or Republicans better represent working-class interests.
·New York, United States
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