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Residents sound off on Michigan s sometimes mind-boggling voting districts
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Between its Lansing union hall and the Delta Township GM plant where members work a few miles away, UAW Local 602 finds itself divided between two congressional districts.
The division between the 7th and 8th Congressional Districts is mindboggling at times and could stand to change in the next congressional district map, said Mike Huerta, president of UAW 602, who buys groceries in the 4th Congressional District. Sometimes when I want to speak on any of these issues to an elected official, as you can imagine, it can be quite confusing, Huerta told the Michigan Independent Redistricting Commission on Thursday.
“They deserve it. That’s according to Mike Huerta, president of United Auto Workers Union Local 602. The local’s 2,400 members build the Chevrolet Traverse, Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia Limited at the Lansing Delta Township plant.
Huerta praises his members for returning to work before much of the country did in the early months of the pandemic. “They’ve gone through a very stressful year and a half, Huerta says, and we’ve come out on the other side of it, knock on wood. Hopefully, as the economy starts opening up, this will continue.”
Huerta voices pride in his members, adding we’re proud of our product, and we’re proud of our membership, who on incredibly difficult circumstances still manages to churn out the best vehicles in the country as far as I’m concerned.”