Sign up for V-CAP to help set the agenda in Sacramento and DC

Through UAW, academic workers at UC and beyond have successfully advocated for transformative policy reforms and supported candidates with progressive, pro-labor platforms. These victories include:

• Increasing state and federal funding for research and education
• Passing the California DREAM Act, which protects young immigrants from deportation
• Expanding the right to unionize by passing SB 201, which gave 17,000 UC Student Researchers the ability to form a union in 2021
• Making housing more affordable by passing Measure ULA to raise ~$900 million a year for public social housing
• Making UC accountable to state wage theft laws when they pay us late or incorrectly
• Expanding protections for international and immigrant workers by extending Optional Practical training (OPT) and winning greater rights for H1B visa holders

Make Your Voice Heard: Sign up for V-CAP!

V-CAP – Voluntary Community Action Program – is our union's member-supported political fund. Thousands of UAW members make monthly V-CAP contributions to support pro-labor initiatives and candidates, and to build political leverage in Sacramento and Washington. Sign up for V-CAP right here!

In order to contribute to V-CAP, you must be eligible to vote in the US or be a US Permanent Resident.

I hereby assign to UAW V-CAP, from any wages earned or to be earned by me, the above sum each and every month. I hereby authorize and direct deduction of such amounts from my pay and to remit same to UAW V-CAP at such times and in such manner as may be agreed upon by the Union at any time while this authorization is in effect.

In order to contribute to V-CAP, you must be eligible to vote in the US or be a US Permanent Resident.

This authorization is voluntarily made. I understand that the signing of this authorization and the making of payments to UAW V-CAP are not conditions of membership in the Union or of employment, that I have the right to refuse to sign this authorization and contribute to UAW V-CAP without any reprisal, and that UAW V-CAP will use the money it received to make political contributions and expenditures in connection with federal, state, and local elections, that all UAW members may be eligible for V-CAP raffle drawings, regardless of whether they make a contribution to UAW V-CAP, and that monies contributed to UAW V-CAP constitute a voluntary contribution to a joint fundraising effort by the UAW and AFL-CIO.

I also understand that the guidelines for contributions to UAW V-CAP set forth above are merely suggestions, that I can contribute more or less than the guidelines suggest, and that Union will not favor or disadvantage me based on the amount of my contribution or my decision not to contribute.

Contributions or gifts to UAW V-CAP are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal tax purposes. All UAW members may be eligible for related raffle drawings, regardless of whether they make a contribution.

UAW V-CAP is an independent political committee created by the UAW. This committee does not ask or accept authorization from any candidate and no candidate is responsible for its activities.

In order to contribute to V-CAP, you must be eligible to vote in the US or be a US Permanent Resident.