Citizenship and Legislation Committee
Members
Phil Hitzelburger
(All Executive Board
Members)
The Citizenship and Legislative Committee, most often referred to as the Community Action
Program (CAP), is the worksite political-legislative arm of the local union and the vital workplace
political activator. If you believe that the people we elect greatly impact the political climate for
the working families and you want your voice heard, then this is the committee to join.

Cap committee members work on identified key issues adopted by convention action. This
agenda includes:

  • Protecting worker rights
  • Fair trade
  • New initiatives for working families
  • Health and safety
  • and other issues that affect working families.

These issues are given priority based on, among other things, urgency and geography. We
support candidates who support and fight for our trade union agenda. The CAP committee
assists in voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives, dollar drives, letter writing campaigns
and publicizing the positions of public officials. This is the committee for hands-on political
experience that allows you to grow and learn and take part in legislatively implementing our
labor and social agenda.