ELECTIONS

2025 Spring Special Election Results

Thank you to all who participated in this election and congratulations to our winners! Lenny Black is our new 2nd Vice President, and Elizabeth Torres and Matthew Zavislan are our new Trustees! Also congratulations to Judith Sloan, Gordon Beeferman, and Grae Bowen who will be the NYU Delegates for the UAW Higher Education Council!

The results of the 2025 Spring Special Election are below.
2nd Vice President
Lenny Black          341
Jason Tomme         277

Trustees
Elizabeth Torres        434
Matthew Zavislan     325
Judith Sloan                300
Total voters: 628

NYU Delegates for UAW Higher Education Council
Judith Sloan                 167
Gordon Beeferman     109
Grae Bowen                  94
Charles Gelman             90
Patricia Rodriguez         86
Jared Silberman             73
Pierre Gervois                 21
Total voters: 251

Any member may challenge the results of the election by filing a protest in writing to the recording secretary(recsec@actuaw.org), provided that it is raised within 7 days of the close of the election or at the first membership meeting following the election, whichever is later.

The Election Committee will file a report with the Joint Council and present at the next Joint Council Meeting on April 25th.
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In Solidarity,
ACT-UAW Local 7902 — Election Committee Members — 2025
Cate Fallon (co-chair)
Anika Sharma (co-chair)
Robert Ausch
Riley Dunbar
Alexander King (ex officio)

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2025 Spring Special Election

Feb 7, 2025
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Dear Members of ACT-UAW Local 7902:
This is a notice that there will be a Special Election on April 8-10 organized by ACT-UAW Local 7902’s Election Committee.

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2025 Spring Special Election Open Positions

• Executive Board’s 2nd Vice President
  
  • The 2nd Vice President is a member of the Executive Board and assists the President.
    
• Executive Board’s Trustee (2 Open Positions)
  
  • The Trustees are members of the Executive Board and oversee the finances of the union.

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Thank you to all those who are running for the 2025 Spring Special election! The candidates for the 2025 Spring Special Election are as follows:

2nd Vice President - 1 Open Position
Jason Tomme
Lenny Black

Trustee - 2 Open Positions
Matthew Zavislan
Judith Sloan
Elizabeth Torres

Candidate Statements are available here.

Candidate Eligibility
As provided by Article 38, Section 3 of the UAW Constitution, in order to be eligible for an Executive Board position potential candidates must be members with at least one year of continuous good standing in the Local prior to the nomination.

In this case, being a member in continuous good standing for at least a year means a
candidate must have:

1. Signed a Local 7902 membership card prior to February 7th 2024
2. Been employed in a position over which the local has jurisdiction and paid membership dues, at a time on or after February 7th 2024.

Voter Eligibility
All members in good standing are eligible to vote and shall receive a ballot. Membership good standing in Local 7902 uses a two year lookback. So in this election, to be a member in good standing means:

1. Having signed a Local 7902 membership card
2. Been employed in a position over which the local has jurisdiction and paid membership dues, at any point in the period from February 7th 2023 through April 2025.

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More Information:

• Spring 2025 Special Election Guidelines
• Article 40 of the UAW Constitution​​

If you have questions, please contact the Election Committee at: electioncommittee.7902@gmail.com

​In Solidarity,
ACT-UAW Local 7902 — Election Committee Members — 2025
Cate Fallon (co-chair)
Anika Sharma (co-chair)
Robert Ausch
Riley Dunbar
Alexander King (ex officio)

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UAW Higher Education Council Delegate

Call ​for Self-Nominations

Dear Members of ACT-UAW Local 7902:

As noted by the President, 7902 has the opportunity to elect delegates to represent our local at the new UAW Higher Education Council. 

The Higher Education Council will meet in April 2025 (virtual meeting, time/date TBD) and then will hold its first in-person meeting on June 21-22, 2025, at the UAW Region 6 office in Pico Rivera, California.

ALL DELEGATES MUST BE PREPARED TO ATTEND THE JUNE MEETING IN-PERSON AND ANY OTHER SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS

The Election Committee is currently seeking self-nominees from all 4 units of the Local. The number of available seats per unit is as follows:

• NYU: 3 seats
• PTF: 3 seats
• SENS: 2 seats
• SHENS: 1 seat

Eligibility:
All delegates must be a Local 7902 member in good standing for 30 days prior to April 8, 2025.

Term:
The term will be until the next Triennial Election which will take place in Spring 2026.

To nominate yourself please send email to electioncommittee.7902@gmail.com with your Full Name and Unit by March 11, 2025 at 5pm. If you are employed in more than one unit, please specify which unit you would like to represent.

If there are more self-nominees than seats, the Election Committee will follow up with details for an election. If you are interested in nominating yourself or for any other questions please contact the Election Committee at electioncommittee.7902@gmail.com.

In Solidarity,
ACT-UAW Local 7902 — Election Committee Members — 2025
Cate Fallon (co-chair)
Anika Sharma (co-chair)
Robert Ausch
Riley Dunbar
Alexander King (ex officio)