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
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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Region 9A News
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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Region 9A News
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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Region 9A News
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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Region 9A News
2025 Massachusetts municipal endorsements

Vote for UAW-Endorsed Candidates in This Year’s Massachusetts Municipal Elections

It’s time for municipal elections across Massachusetts!...

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Region 9A News
UJC Strike

39 Elected Officials Sign Letter in Support of Urban Justice Center Workers on Strike

This week, New York politicians representing workers at the Urban Justice Center signed a letter of support for their strike...

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Region 9A News
MA CAP Stands With TX Electeds

Massachusetts CAP Stands with Texas Electeds Fighting Antidemocratic Redistricting

UAW Region 9A is proud to stand in solidarity with our siblings in UAW Region 8 to protect their voting rights as they are under attack by partis...

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Region 9A News
UAW members holding sign that says "defend public research funding"

UAW Applauds Massachusetts DRIVE Initiative to Invest in Lifesaving Research & Union Jobs

The...

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Region 9A News
UAW Region 9A Join VCAP 2025

Get UAW Swag—Sign Up for VCAP Today!

The UAW Voluntary Community Action Program (VCAP) is our union’s member-supported political fund. Thousands of UAW members make monthly VCAP contribut...

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2026 Endorsements

Current or former UAW members listed in bold.

Maine

  • Hannah Pingree, Governor
  • Troy Jackson, U.S. Senate
  • Matt Dunlap, U.S. House, District 2
  • Mike Tipping, State Senate, District 8
  • Trent Vellella, State House, District 49

Massachusetts

U.S. Senate & Congress

  • Ed Markey, U.S. Senate

State Senate

  • Persis Yu, Norfolk & Suffolk

State House

  • Ravi Simon, 13th Middlesex
  • Lorena Betts, 16th Middlesex
  • John Drinkwater, 17th 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

  • Claire Valdez, 7th District
  • Brad Lander, 10th District
  • Darializa Chevalier, 13th District
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 14th District

State Senate

  • Aber Kawas, District 12
  • Julia Salazar, District 18
  • Jabari Brisport, District 25
  • Andrew Gounardes, District 26
  • Jessica Gonzalez Rojas, District 34
  • Shelley Mayer, District 37
  • Michelle Hinchey, District 41
  • Kristen Gonzalez, District 59
  • Grace Lee, District 65

State Assembly

  • Brian Romero, District 34
  • Diana Moreno, District 36
  • Samantha Kattan, District 37
  • David Orkin, District 38
  • Catalina Cruz, District 39
  • Bobby Carroll, District 44
  • Chris McCreight, District 46
  • Emily Gallagher, District 50
  • Jo Anne Simon, District 52
  • Christian Celeste Tate, District 54
  • Eon Huntley, District 56
  • Phara Souffrant Forrest, District 57
  • Illapa Sairitupac, District 65
  • David Siffert, District 66
  • Eli Northrup, District 69
  • Manny de los Santos, District 72
  • Sarahana Shrestha, District 103

Vermont

  • Tanya Vyhovsky, State Senate
  • Nikhil Goyal, State Senate