Cindy Estrada

Estrada is a lifelong Democrat. ³ She has publicly supported the Biden administration, ^{4 5} advocates using the critical race-theory inspired concept of a “social justice fight” to make the United States a better place, ⁶  and has referred to dismantling of labor unions in the American south as “anti-black.” ⁷

She sits on the board of the left-leaning Mi Familia Vota, ³ is a member of the Coalition of Labor Union Women and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, ³ and previously was an organizer for the United Farm Workers labor union. ⁸

Career

Cindy Estrada is a vice president of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) labor union. As of February 2022, she heads the Stellantis (formerly Fiat Chrysler Automobiles), Organizing, and Women’s Departments of the union. ² Identified as a “key to the UAW’s future,” ¹ Estrada first joined the UAW as an organizer in 1995 ⁸ and is the first woman to run UAW’s General Motors (GM) department. ⁹

Estrada publicly supports the Biden administration; ^{4 5} opposes the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and what she calls “immigrant and refugee bashing.” ¹⁰

Estrada supports the unionization of Amazon employees, ¹¹ advocates using the critical race-theory inspired concept of a “social justice fight” to make the United States a better place, ⁶ and has referred to dismantling of labor unions in the American South as “anti-black.” ⁷

In 2021, Estrada received the Jewish Labor Committee’s Human Rights Award. ¹²

Previously, Estrada was an organizer for the United Farm Workers labor union, ⁸ organized Spanish-speaking manufacturing workers at Mexican Industries in southwest Detroit in 1995, ⁸ ran the Michigan Organizing Center, ⁸ and led negotiations for the Michigan Coalition of State Employee Unions. She also led the union’s General Motors Department. ⁸

She also is on the boards of the left-leaning Mi Familia Vota, The National Advisory Committee for Labor Provisions of Free Trade Agreements, the Economic Alliance of Michigan, and the Advisory Board of Labor at Wayne State University. ³

Estrada is a lifelong Democrat and a member of the Coalition of Labor Union Women and the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement. ³

Controversy

Cindy Estrada was identified by the Detroit News as linked to a Federal investigation into corruption at the UAW that was ultimately settled in December 2020. Estrada was not charged with any wrongdoing ¹³ in the investigation that resulted in charges against two former UAW presidents, imposition of a monitor on the group, and a $1.5 million payment to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). ¹⁴

Political Activities

Cindy Estrada is a lifelong member of the Democratic Party. ³ She has publicly supported the Biden administration ⁴ and its Secretary of Labor, Marty Walsh. ¹⁵

During the 2020 presidential campaign, Estrada attacked President Donald Trump as “anti-union” ¹⁶ and endorsed Joe Biden’s presidential campaign. ¹⁷ She called President Trump a “racist” in 2018. ¹⁸

In 2016, Estrada supported the presidential campaign of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D), ¹⁹ said that there is “never a reason to vote for Trump,” ²⁰ and was an introduction speaker for then-President Barack Obama during a visit to the UAW-GM Center for Human Resources in Detroit, Michigan. ²¹

Estrada has also made Federal Election Commission-reportable contributions to the Committee for Good Government International Union UAW, the UAW labor union’s qualified political action committee (PAC). ^{22 23}

Personal Information

Cindy Estrada received an education degree from the University of Michigan. ⁸ She was born in 1968 and resides in Whitmore Lake, Michigan. ^{24 25}