Overview
- The UAW’s Michigan Community Action Program board announced endorsements for Secretary Jocelyn Benson and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on Friday, June 5, 2026, making the union’s support official in both key Democratic contests.
- The endorsement gives El-Sayed a major labor boost from Michigan’s largest union, which the UAW says represents roughly 300,000 active and retired members and can deliver organizing and turnout capacity.
- The UAW highlighted El-Sayed’s refusal of corporate PAC money and his policy priorities, including Medicare for All and banning stock buybacks, as reasons the union trusts him to advance working-class interests in the Senate.
- El-Sayed has been converting the endorsement into voter contact by rallying with laid-off autoworkers, marching with UAW locals, and planning a picket-line appearance with American Axle workers in Three Rivers.
- The endorsement arrives with the Aug. 4 Democratic primary still competitive in polls and could sharpen contrasts with rivals Haley Stevens and Mallory McMorrow as the eventual nominee prepares to face Republican Mike Rogers in the general election.