The United Auto Workers Tries to Reassert Political Power in Michigan as It Faces Internal Divisions
The union said about 113,000 members voted early in Michigan’s August primary as it works to turn labor support into ballots.
- United Auto Workers volunteers are canvassing in Michigan to boost Democratic candidates, aiming to reassert the union's political power in a key battleground state.
- Facing a drop in membership from more than 600,000 in the 1980s to around 350,000 today, the UAW is working to overcome internal distrust caused by past corruption scandals.
- In Macomb County, where Trump won by nearly 14 percentage points in 2024, volunteers found members divided on whether Democrats or Republicans better address cost-of-living concerns.
- The union endorsed Democrat Abdul El-Sayed for the U.S. Senate to counter former Rep. Mike Rogers, who claims Democratic federal electric vehicle regulations threaten factory jobs.
- "It's not going to be an overnight thing," said JJ Jewell, a member of the UAW's Community Action Program executive committee, noting that even electoral success represents only 1% of the work required.
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The United Auto Workers tries to reassert political power in Michigan as it faces internal divisions – WTOP News
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Walter Usakowski was mowing his lawn in a northern suburb of Detroit when three canvassers from the United Auto Workers approached. “I don’t even need to talk to you,” Usakowski said. As a retired member, he was already supporting the union’s slate of Democratic candidates in the Nov. 3 midterms....
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)
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The United Auto Workers tries to reassert political power in Michigan as it faces internal divisions
SHELBY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Walter Usakowski was mowing his lawn in a northern suburb of Detroit when three canvassers from the United Auto Workers approached.
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