Massachusetts CAP Votes to Endorse Local 5118 Leader Evan MacKay for State House

Region 9A’s Massachusetts CAP Council voted to endorse UAW Local 5118 member Evan MacKay to represent the 25th Middlesex District in the State House.

As a former president of the Harvard Graduate Students Union-UAW Local 5118, Evan has been deeply involved with union organizing and contract campaigns at Harvard since the local was certified in 2018. From showing up for fellow union members on picket lines across the city to pushing for the UAW's political priorities in state and local government, they have been an advocate for social and economic justice both within and beyond the UAW.

“Over the past decade, Evan has been a leader within our organizing efforts in Massachusetts. And they were a key organizer in the attempt to reform the UAW and increase union democracy," said Brandon Mancilla, UAW Region 9A Director. "Evan will take these same principles and commitments to a much-needed institution—the state legislature—that could serve the interests of workers but currently isn’t. We’re ready to get to work to elect Evan!”

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