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UAW 4811 members are leading the working-class movement across California and the country to fight back against the Trump administration, flip Congress, and elect pro-worker champions at every level of government. Find out how you can build worker power and secure funding for public research and education.
The Trump administration has launched an unprecedented war on publicly-funded research. Public education is chronically underfunded. Billionaire oligarchs wield enormous power in our cities, our government, and our everyday lives.
Thousands of higher ed workers are taking action to protect public scientific research and higher education and to wrest power back from the billionaire class. In the last 18 months, we’ve lobbied to erase a proposed $400 million cut to UC’s budget, moved our representatives to defeat proposed cuts to federal science funding, and helped bold working-class champions win their primary elections. This fall, it’s time to protect research and higher education funding, take Congress back from Trump’s Republican party, and move California politics in a better direction.
NITHYA RAMAN
In Los Angeles, Nithya Raman is running on a platform of affordable housing, better public transit, and city services that actually work. UAW was the first major union to endorse Nithya, and 4811 members were instrumental in helping her defeat MAGA Republican Spencer Pratt and advance to the general election. Now it’s time to get her across the finish line and build an LA that works for everyone.
RANDY VILLEGAS
Randy Villegas is a son of the Central Valley—and, during his time at UC Santa Cruz, a dues-paying member of UAW 4811. He’s running for Congress in CD-22 to stand up to Trump’s ICE deportation machine and unseat Republican David Valadao. Members of our union are gearing up to elect one of our own to Congress and bring UAW’s Congressional success to the West Coast.
MAI VANG
The daughter of Hmong immigrants and a longtime advocate for a better education system, Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang is running for Congress in CD-7. Mai’s platform includes affordable healthcare, better housing policy, and the right to organize. Sacramento is ready for a real progressive champion like Mai Vang, and UAW 4811 members are a key part of the effort to send her to Washington.
FUND PUBLIC RESEARCH - STOP THE OMB’S POWER GRAB
There’s more to do—including the effort to defeat Donald Trump and Russell Vought’s attempt to rewrite the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) federal grantmaking rules, which would give radical right-wing political appointees enormous power over publicly-funded research. We have the power to stop this rule change, but it’s going to take workers from every California UAW local to win the fight.