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Dist. 2 Rebecca McClanahan 573-751-4042
Dist. 3 Casey Guernsey 573-751-4285
Dist. 4 Mike Thomson 573-751-9465
Dist. 5 Jim Guest 573-751- 0246
Dist. 6 Rachel Bringer 573-751-9818
Dist. 7 Mike Lair 573-751-2917
Dist. 8 Tom Shively 573-751-4065
Dist. 26 Joe Aull 573-751-2204
Dist. 27 Pat Conway 573-751-9755
Dist. 28 Rob Schaaf 573-751-2183
Dist. 29 Martin Rucker 573-751-9460
Dist. 30Jason Brown 573-751-6593
Dist. 31 Trent Skaggs 573-751-2199
Dist. 32 Jason Grill 573-751-4066
Dist. 33 Jerry Nolte 573-751-1470
Dist. 34 Tim Flook 573-751-1218
Dist. 35 Doug Ervin 573-751-2238
Dist. 36 Bob Nance 573-751-1468
Dist. 37 Mike Talboy 573-751-1309
Dist. 38 Ryan Silvey 573-751-5282
Dist. 39 Beth Low 573-751-4485
Dist. 40 John Burnett 573-751-3310
Dist. 41 Shalonn Curls 573-751-3158
Dist. 42 Leonard Hughes IV 573-751-1501
Dist. 43 Roman Lee LeBlanc 573-751-2124
Dist. 44 Jason Kander 573-751-2437
Dist. 45 Jason Holsman 573-751-6607
Dist. 46 Kate Meiners 573-751-9469
Dist. 47 Jeff Grisamore 573-751-1456
Dist. 48 Will Kraus 573-751-1459
Dist. 49 Tom McDonald 573-751-9851
Dist. 50 Michael Brown 573-751-7639
Dist. 121 Denny Hoskins 573-751-4302
Dist. 122 Mike McGhee 573-751-1462
Dist. 123 Chris Molendorp 573-751-2175
Dist. 124 Luke Scavuzzo 573-751-4072
Dist. 125 Barney Fisher 573-751-5388

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Dist. 8 Matt Bartle 573-751-1464
Dist. 9 Yvonne Wilson 573-751-9758
Dist. 10 Jolie Justus 573-751-2788
Dist. 11 Victor Callahan  573-751-3074
Dist. 12 Brad Lager 573-751-1415
Dist. 17  Luann Ridgeway 573-751-2547
Dist. 21 Bill Stouffer 573-751-1507
Dist. 31 David Pierce 573-751-2272
Dist. 34 Charlie Shields 573-751-9476  

What is CAP

Community Action Program (CAP), is a Department of the UAW International Union. It is not a political party, nor is it tied to any party. It is the nonpartisan political arm of the UAW. It endorses candidates for public office on the basis of their record and programs - not the party - utilizing a structure of 160 CAP councils across the nation and acting upon their recommendations and endorsements.

Presidential and Vice Presidential endorsements are made by the International Executive Board of the UAW acting upon the secret ballot recommendations of all the UAW Local Unions across the nation. Endorsements for Missouri offices are made by the Missouri State CAP Council by recommendation of the St. Louis City CAP and Kansas City CAP Councils which are recommendations of all the UAW local unions across the state. That way, there's a CAP council working at every level of the UAW and at every level of government.

Many people think that we are trying to tell people how to vote. That is not the case. Lots of our member think that part of their union dues go to political groups. That is not the case. The money collected from V-CAP Check Off goes to candidates. All V-CAP money is donated through V-CAP Check Off and raffles.

CAP - What It Does

CAP helps to register union members and their families so they can vote and make there voice heard.

CAP distributes the voting records of senators and congressmen and helps educate union members on the issues so they can be informed voters.

CAP endorses candidates on the basis of their voting records and/or their programs - not on the basis of their party affiliation.

CAP conducts annual voluntary dollar drives and V-CAP Check Off solicitations asking each union member to contribute to UAW V-CAP. Federal law prohibits the use of dues funds as contributions to candidates for federal and some state offices.

CAP contributes to endorsed candidates for the US House and Senate from funds collected in voluntary dollar drives.

CAP urges every union member and voting age member of his or her family to vote.

Most of CAP political work in states and communities is done by volunteers - union members and their families - who put in many hours on the telephone registering members, canvassing neighborhoods to find out how members feel about issues and candidates, and getting out the vote on election day.

In addition, CAP involves itself in many local community projects helping to bring about a better quality of life where our members live and work.

What CAP Doesn't Do

CAP does not tell anybody how to vote.

CAP does not force any union members to contribute to it.

CAP does not use dues money to make contributions to federal or state candidates (only moneys raised from V-CAP drives or raffles can be used).

CAP does not make union members participate in its programs in their local union or their community.

V-CAP Checkoff

The UAW's V-CAP Checkoff is a voluntary program that allows you to make a modest contribution each month to help your union support candidates who stand up for American workers and their jobs.

By law, Union dues can't be used to support any federal candidate, and in an ever increasing number of states, any candidate for public office. Our only means of monetary support for many labor-endorsed candidates is voluntary political contributions which are put into the International Union's political action fund, UAW V-CAP.

Local V-CAP Checkoff

If you are interested in having a voice in how the government is run, consider contributing to the V-CAP Checkoff. To sign up for V-CAP, contact: Toni McCauley, Financial Secretary or Jim McCulloh, CAP Committee Chairperson.

Realizing that what is gained at the Bargaining table can be taken away with a stroke of a pen at the Legislative Conference tables, and it is all of our jobs to be committed to defending politically what is gained collectively!

Why Labor Is In Politics

Labor Unions have always been under constant attack from business, industrial organizations and often from state and national legislatures and political leaders. Every time the US Congress or a state legislature opens a new session, a flood of bills intended to restrict the rights of workers and there families are introduced.

Workers have learned through bitter experience that there is a powerful link between the bread box and the ballot box. Gains won at the bargaining table or through sacrifice on the picket line can be wiped out by unwise actions of state or national legislatures and political leaders - that today's wage increase can be erased by taxes or inflation, or your job vanish in a wave of unemployment. Thus, unions are in politics to protect the welfare and security of their members.

Everyone is involved in politics whether we like it or not.
Here are a few things you may not know:

1. Gas and electric rates are set by the Public Service Commission appointed by the
governor.
2. Workers Compensation by the legislature.
3. Safety inspections under the Department of Labor appointed by the Governor.
4. Property laws by government officials.
5. Teachers, buildings and equipment by the Board of Education.
6. Children's playgrounds are overseen by the Parks Commission appointed by mayors.
7. Unemployment benefits are set by the legislature whom you elect.

Participate in CAP programs in your local union, your community and state.

Help in registration and get-out-the-vote (GOTV) programs.

Work to help the election of CAP endorsed candidates.

And what ever we do we all must vote for the candidates that have proven and will continue to stand up for our rights as workers and there families.

If you are interested in getting involved in state and local elections please feel free to contact: Jeff Wright, President or Jim Eric Hall, CAP Committee Chairperson.