A Jacobin article recounts how the UAW backed Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's 2026 Senate race and saw the bet pay off: the union endorsed the Medicare for All advocate four days into a strike by nearly one thousand American Axle workers in Three Rivers, who won a $30 top rate by 2030, and El-Sayed carried the Trump-voting town while defeating Mike Rogers. Shawn Fain says the union will carry that power into the 2028 Big Three contract fight, and El-Sayed will be the first Muslim elected to the US Senate.