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The Office and Professional Employees International Union. Fighting for justice at work and in our communities since 1945.
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Working families, union members and our allies organized tirelessly to get the Protect America’s Workforce Act to the House floor for a vote. If passed, it would reverse the most significant act of union-busting in our nation’s history.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Working families, union members and our allies organized tirelessly to get the Protect America’s Workforce Act to the House floor for a vote. If passed, it would reverse the most significant act of union-busting in our nation’s history.
The Fall 2025 issue of your union magazine, OPEIU Connect, is now available on our website.
Visit opeiu.org to read the full magazine, featuring union wins from across the country!
Visit opeiu.org to read the full magazine, featuring union wins from across the country!
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Fall 2025 issue of your union magazine, OPEIU Connect, is now available on our website.
Visit opeiu.org to read the full magazine, featuring union wins from across the country!
Visit opeiu.org to read the full magazine, featuring union wins from across the country!
Starbucks workers across the country are ON STRIKE for a fair first contract!
OPEIU stands with striking @sbworkersunited.org workers!
#NoContractNoCoffee #DontCrossThePicketLine
OPEIU stands with striking @sbworkersunited.org workers!
#NoContractNoCoffee #DontCrossThePicketLine
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Starbucks workers across the country are ON STRIKE for a fair first contract!
OPEIU stands with striking @sbworkersunited.org workers!
#NoContractNoCoffee #DontCrossThePicketLine
OPEIU stands with striking @sbworkersunited.org workers!
#NoContractNoCoffee #DontCrossThePicketLine
OPEIU Statement: Deal to End Shutdown Leaves Working Families Holding the Bag
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
OPEIU Statement: Deal to End Shutdown Leaves Working Families Holding the Bag
The @aflcio.org and OPEIU have jointly filed a Supreme Court motion to protect workers' rights and the NLRB's authority.
Read the full release by visiting opeiu.org.
Read the full release by visiting opeiu.org.
November 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The @aflcio.org and OPEIU have jointly filed a Supreme Court motion to protect workers' rights and the NLRB's authority.
Read the full release by visiting opeiu.org.
Read the full release by visiting opeiu.org.
OPEIU celebrates #IndigenousPeoplesDay and honors the rich histories, deep cultures, righteous struggles and continuous contributions of Indigenous peoples across the globe.
October 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
OPEIU celebrates #IndigenousPeoplesDay and honors the rich histories, deep cultures, righteous struggles and continuous contributions of Indigenous peoples across the globe.
We are proud to highlight Haronid's work and contributions to IRC Workers Unite and OPEIU Local 8 this #HispanicHeritageMonth!
October 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
We are proud to highlight Haronid's work and contributions to IRC Workers Unite and OPEIU Local 8 this #HispanicHeritageMonth!
Kickstarter workers, organized with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social, are on strike to maintain a four-day workweek and win living wages for all. #UnionStrong
October 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Kickstarter workers, organized with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social, are on strike to maintain a four-day workweek and win living wages for all. #UnionStrong
TODAY: Members of Kickstarter United, on strike for a fair contract, rallied today in Manhattan outside the offices of venture capitalist Fred Wilson, a major investor in the company.
October 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
TODAY: Members of Kickstarter United, on strike for a fair contract, rallied today in Manhattan outside the offices of venture capitalist Fred Wilson, a major investor in the company.
Two years ago, 75,000 healthcare workers made history by launching the largest-ever healthcare worker strike at Kaiser Permanente.
We made historic gains and are already preparing to defend those gains in 2027. ✊
#Solidarity #UnionStrong #Unions
We made historic gains and are already preparing to defend those gains in 2027. ✊
#Solidarity #UnionStrong #Unions
October 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Two years ago, 75,000 healthcare workers made history by launching the largest-ever healthcare worker strike at Kaiser Permanente.
We made historic gains and are already preparing to defend those gains in 2027. ✊
#Solidarity #UnionStrong #Unions
We made historic gains and are already preparing to defend those gains in 2027. ✊
#Solidarity #UnionStrong #Unions
OPEIU Statement on Government Shutdown
October 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
OPEIU Statement on Government Shutdown
Andrea Vasquez, a member of OPEIU Local 42 and a bookkeeper at @uaw.org Local 598 in Flint, grew up immersed in the labor movement, particularly with @ufw.bsky.social campaigns to improve the lives of farmworkers.
“We will always stand to fight another day,” she said, “because this is who we are.”
“We will always stand to fight another day,” she said, “because this is who we are.”
September 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Andrea Vasquez, a member of OPEIU Local 42 and a bookkeeper at @uaw.org Local 598 in Flint, grew up immersed in the labor movement, particularly with @ufw.bsky.social campaigns to improve the lives of farmworkers.
“We will always stand to fight another day,” she said, “because this is who we are.”
“We will always stand to fight another day,” she said, “because this is who we are.”
Valles also serves on the board of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) and is an OPEIU vice president. We are proud to highlight her contributions to OPEIU and the labor movement this #HispanicHeritageMonth.
September 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Valles also serves on the board of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA) and is an OPEIU vice president. We are proud to highlight her contributions to OPEIU and the labor movement this #HispanicHeritageMonth.
An OPEIU member since 1989, Lupe Valles, president and business manager of OPEIU Local 174, has spent her entire career helping working people realize their own power.
September 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
An OPEIU member since 1989, Lupe Valles, president and business manager of OPEIU Local 174, has spent her entire career helping working people realize their own power.
September 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This #LaborDay, we’re reflecting on the strength and solidarity union members have shown throughout the past year.
Despite lopsided labor laws, an anti-union administration and a rollback of rights, workers across the country are forming unions with OPEIU and winning the contracts they deserve.
Despite lopsided labor laws, an anti-union administration and a rollback of rights, workers across the country are forming unions with OPEIU and winning the contracts they deserve.
September 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
This #LaborDay, we’re reflecting on the strength and solidarity union members have shown throughout the past year.
Despite lopsided labor laws, an anti-union administration and a rollback of rights, workers across the country are forming unions with OPEIU and winning the contracts they deserve.
Despite lopsided labor laws, an anti-union administration and a rollback of rights, workers across the country are forming unions with OPEIU and winning the contracts they deserve.
Millions of people across seven states rely on low-cost energy from the Tennessee Valley Authority to make ends meet. Privatizing the public utility would enrich a handful of billionaires—at everyone else’s expense.
Tell your senators: HANDS OFF THE TVA! ➡️ form.jotform.com/252243876137...
Tell your senators: HANDS OFF THE TVA! ➡️ form.jotform.com/252243876137...
August 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Millions of people across seven states rely on low-cost energy from the Tennessee Valley Authority to make ends meet. Privatizing the public utility would enrich a handful of billionaires—at everyone else’s expense.
Tell your senators: HANDS OFF THE TVA! ➡️ form.jotform.com/252243876137...
Tell your senators: HANDS OFF THE TVA! ➡️ form.jotform.com/252243876137...
NEW: The Chester County Medical Society has entered into an affiliation agreement with OPEIU, bringing scores of Pennsylvania physicians into the labor movement. “A paradigm shift was necessary,” said CCMS president Dr. David Bobman.
Read more here: www.opeiu.org/Home/Newsand...
Read more here: www.opeiu.org/Home/Newsand...
August 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
NEW: The Chester County Medical Society has entered into an affiliation agreement with OPEIU, bringing scores of Pennsylvania physicians into the labor movement. “A paradigm shift was necessary,” said CCMS president Dr. David Bobman.
Read more here: www.opeiu.org/Home/Newsand...
Read more here: www.opeiu.org/Home/Newsand...
The Summer 2025 issue of OPEIU Connect, your union's official magazine, is now available in English and Spanish on our website!
Visit opeiu.org to read today:
Visit opeiu.org to read today:
July 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The Summer 2025 issue of OPEIU Connect, your union's official magazine, is now available in English and Spanish on our website!
Visit opeiu.org to read today:
Visit opeiu.org to read today:
The AFL-CIO’s annual Executive Paywatch report is here, showing CEOs made a staggering 285 times what the average worker makes.
The average CEO took home a $1.24 million raise last year while working families struggled to make ends meet.
aflcio.org/paywatch
The average CEO took home a $1.24 million raise last year while working families struggled to make ends meet.
aflcio.org/paywatch
July 24, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The AFL-CIO’s annual Executive Paywatch report is here, showing CEOs made a staggering 285 times what the average worker makes.
The average CEO took home a $1.24 million raise last year while working families struggled to make ends meet.
aflcio.org/paywatch
The average CEO took home a $1.24 million raise last year while working families struggled to make ends meet.
aflcio.org/paywatch
Solidarity with OPEIU Local 40 nurses at McLaren Macomb fighting for safe staffing ratios! ✊✊✊
Thank you to Sen. Bernie Sanders (@sanders.senate.gov) for highlighting their fight and for your consistent commitment to fighting for working people.
Thank you to Sen. Bernie Sanders (@sanders.senate.gov) for highlighting their fight and for your consistent commitment to fighting for working people.
July 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Solidarity with OPEIU Local 40 nurses at McLaren Macomb fighting for safe staffing ratios! ✊✊✊
Thank you to Sen. Bernie Sanders (@sanders.senate.gov) for highlighting their fight and for your consistent commitment to fighting for working people.
Thank you to Sen. Bernie Sanders (@sanders.senate.gov) for highlighting their fight and for your consistent commitment to fighting for working people.
🚨 The White House is one step away from clawing back approved funds for public media, putting free local programming and good jobs across the country at risk.
Tell your Senators to vote NO on rescinding public media funding!
Call 202-224-3121.
Tell your Senators to vote NO on rescinding public media funding!
Call 202-224-3121.
July 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🚨 The White House is one step away from clawing back approved funds for public media, putting free local programming and good jobs across the country at risk.
Tell your Senators to vote NO on rescinding public media funding!
Call 202-224-3121.
Tell your Senators to vote NO on rescinding public media funding!
Call 202-224-3121.
June 20 is #WorldRefugeeDay! Today we honor the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees across the globe and in our communities.
June 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
June 20 is #WorldRefugeeDay! Today we honor the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees across the globe and in our communities.
Hailing from a union family, Anddi Schwartz first walked a picket line at age 9. Now, as an OPEIU Local 12 steward at HealthPartners, Schwartz fights every day to protect the rights of their co-workers. #UnionPride
June 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Hailing from a union family, Anddi Schwartz first walked a picket line at age 9. Now, as an OPEIU Local 12 steward at HealthPartners, Schwartz fights every day to protect the rights of their co-workers. #UnionPride
The labor movement is united in demanding the release of our union brother David Huerta and an end to unlawful ICE activity.
Statement:
Statement:
June 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The labor movement is united in demanding the release of our union brother David Huerta and an end to unlawful ICE activity.
Statement:
Statement: