UAW Region 9A

10/21/2026

UAW academic workers and researchers across the country are mobilizing against the Trump administration’s latest attempt to undermine the rights of international workers.

Trump’s Department of Homeland Security is trying to increase fees to $100,000 for international academic workers using Optional Practical Training. This discriminatory and xenophobic fee would reduce work opportunities for UAW members who are international scholars in the United States and would negatively affect U.S. higher education and research.

DHS is currently accepting comments until November 9 on the proposed rule—this is our opportunity to express opposition. Take a few minutes to submit a public comment on how this discriminatory and xenophobic rule change would harm your studies and/or research and hurt scientific advances in the U.S. ⤵️

UAW academic workers and researchers across the country are mobilizing against the Trump administration’s latest attempt to undermine the rights of international workers.

10/20/2026

Join us to knock even more doors in Maine for Troy Jackson this Saturday! → region9a.uaw.org/events/TroyJackson102426

UAW members have hit a Midterm Milestone: 125,000 doors across the country! With 2 weeks until Election Day, UAW members will continue knocking doors in states like Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maine, Iowa, California, and more.

By reaching out to union voters and their families in places where elections are decided by thin margins, UAW members can cut through the noise to talk to voters about the issues that matter most this midterm.

10/20/2026

UAW Region 9A members are proud to stand with our allies and celebrate Mayor Zohran Mamdani's announcement of 10,000 new 2K childcare seats!

This expansion continues to fulfill the roadmap we sketched with New Yorkers United for Child Care in 2024 by putting tens of thousands of dollars back in working families’ pockets, keeping working New Yorkers in NYC, and helping achieve the affordability agenda by fighting for our future.

10/20/2026

UAW Local 405 members at Triumph Group are READY.

In the last five years alone, the company has raked in a whopping $687 million in profit. So, why are its workers in West Hartford, CT, continuing to fall behind?

Local 405 members are done going backward. They're ready to stand up for the contract they deserve!

10/19/2026

UAW Region 9A is proud to endorse Tanya Vyhovsky and Nikhil Goyal for State Senate because we know they will stand with our members at UVM in their fight for a fair contract.

10/19/2026

📣 This week in Region 9A!

Friday, 10/23
Massachusetts CAP Council Retreat

Saturday, 10/24
Maine Canvass for Troy Jackson
Solidarity Rally at Encore Casino with UNITE HERE Local 26 and Teamsters Boston
MDA UAW Local 571 Veterans Committee Co****le Tournament

All Week
UAW Stellantis Council Meetings
UAW Education Department Education Committees Institute

📅 Join us @ region9a.uaw.org/events

10/14/2026

In September, workers in White Plains, New York, won the first union at any of AutoZone’s nearly 7,000 US stores, despite an aggressive anti-union campaign. The next day, the company fired a lead organizer. Then another.

10/06/2026

Early voting in Maine started on Monday! Take a moment to find an early voting location near you or order your absentee ballot at www.maine.vote.

We encourage you to vote for UAW-endorsed candidates who will fight for working class Mainers on issues like wages, workers’ rights, working conditions and affordable health care, child care and housing.

UAW members in Maine have endorsed the following candidates after a rigorous endorsement process including candidate questionnaires and interviews:

• Hannah Pingree for Governor
• Troy Jackson, former Local 2320 member, for U.S. Senate
• Matt Dunlap for U.S. Congress, District 2
• Mike Tipping for State Senate, District 8
• Trent Vellella, Bath Marine Draftsmen's Association member, for State House, District 49

For more labor endorsements in your area from the Maine AFL-CIO, visit maineaflcio.org.