Community Action Program (CAP)

The CAP is the legislative and political arm of our Region, with councils in Puerto Rico, Massachusetts, Maine, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.

Each local has representatives on their states’ CAP councils, and all members are welcome to attend meetings, which are typically monthly.

Latest News from CAP

Region 9A News
Julie Su

Mamdani Appoints UAW Champion Julie Su as NYC's First Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice

Region 9A members are representing UAW on NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team, which just announced the ap...

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Region 9A Director Brandon Mancilla addresses UAW members at a rally in New York City for universal child care on December 11, 2025

NYC UAW Members Release Report & Rally for Universal Child Care

Today, over 100 UAW members and our allies rallied outside Governor Hochul's office in Manhattan in support of universal child care for all New Yorker...

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UAW members with Mass. Sen. Paul Feeney at State House advocacy day

Massachusetts CAP Advocates for Research Funding, PMFL, & UI for Academic Workers

Last week, over 30 union members and state legislators delivered powerful testimony at the Massachusetts State Legislature in support of access to pai...

Read More Massachusetts CAP Advocates for Research Funding, PMFL, & UI for Academic Workers
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UAW endorses Tram Nguyen for U.S. Congress

UAW Endorses Local 2320 Member Rep. Tram Nguyen for Congress

Today, Massachusetts State Rep. Tram Nguyen announced the UAW's endorsement of her campaign to represent Massachusetts' 6th District in the U.S. Congr...

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Weill Cornell postdoc Jazib Uddin speaking at Zohran Mamdani's NYC Is Not For Sale Rally

Weill Cornell Postdoc Speaks to Thousands at NYC Is Not for Sale Rally Before Oct. 30 Strike Deadline

Last night, Weill Cornell Medicine Postdocs United member Jazib Uddin joined Zohran Mamdani, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Bernie Sanders on stage in...

Read More Weill Cornell Postdoc Speaks to Thousands at NYC Is Not for Sale Rally Before Oct. 30 Strike Deadline
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UAW President Shawn Fain meeting with Local 3999 members

UAW President Shawn Fain Visits UAW Members in Maine

This week, UAW President Shawn Fain traveled to Maine to deliver the keynote address at the Maine AFL-CIO Convention, where he met members from Locals...

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Region 9A News
The UAW Region 9A Maine CAP Council voted today to rescind our endorsement of Graham Platner for Senate. Unions are engaged in a fight for dignity and justice for all people, and the struggle to eradicate sexual harassment and assault at our workplaces and across society is a key part of our work. Given the recent serious allegations, we can no longer support Platner as the Democratic Party’s nominee for Senate and call on him to drop out immediately. Over the next few weeks and months of the Maine Senat

[Updated] UAW Members in Maine Endorse Graham Platner for U.S. Senate

Update: On July 8, 2026, the UAW Region 9A Maine CAP Council voted to rescind our endorsement of Graham Platner for Senate—read our statement above...

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Worker should not be collateral damage

Tell USTR: Put Workers First in the USMCA Review 

The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is asking for comments ahead of the 2026 review of the U.S.–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA)...

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CORE-UAW Town Hall

CORE-UAW Holds Town Hall on Funding Cuts with Rep. Jim McGovern

Hundreds of UMass Chan researchers showed up to CORE-UAW’s standing room only town hall last Friday, featuring Congressman Jim McGovern, State Re...

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fighting for immigrant justice

Protect International Workers: Submit a Comment to DHS

UAW members are mobilizing against a burdensome new rule, the latest in a sequence of xenophobic directives coming from the Trump administration...

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2026 Endorsements

Current or former UAW members listed in bold.

Maine

Massachusetts

U.S. Senate & Congress

State Senate

  • Daniel Lander, Suffolk & Middlesex
  • Persis Yu, Norfolk & Suffolk

State House

  • Alison Leary, 10th Middlesex
  • Ravi Simon, 13th Middlesex
  • Lorena Betts, 16th Middlesex
  • Evan MacKay, 25th Middlesex
  • Mike Connolly, 26th Middlesex
  • Ben Ewen-Campen, 27th Middlesex
  • Will Mbah, 34th Middlesex
  • Tom Hendrickson, 3rd Hampden
  • Johnnie McKnight, 11th Hampden
  • Michael Lachenmeyer, 12th Hampden

Governor's Council

  • Tamisha Civil, District 2

New York

U.S. Congress

State Senate

State Assembly