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TNDC workers are unionizing with OPEIU Local 19! We demand a Neutrality & Card Check Agreement so we can organize free from intimidation & win a strong first contract. ✊🏽
Stand with us → share and tell TNDC to respect workers’ rights!
#TNDCWorkersUnion #UnionStrong

Solidarity with Dēmos United Workers at Dēmos, a public policy organization working to build a just, inclusive, multiracial democracy and economy, have formed a union with OPEIU Local 153. Workers are demanding voluntary recognit...

Join us in standing with @demosorg.bsky.social employees who are forming a union with @opeiu.org by telling Demos management to recognize their staff union in a fair and timely manner. actionnetwork.org/petitions/so...

Texas House Republicans unveil new congressional map that looks to pick up five GOP seats The first draft of the lower chamber’s new redistricting map targets Democratic members of Congress in the Austin, Dallas and Houston metro areas and in South Texas.

President Trump knows his support is wavering. That’s why he’s working with Gov. Abbott to change the rules.

OPEIU stands in solidarity with Texas unions and allies in their fight to stop this cynical power grab.

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:

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

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.

CALL: Sign the Discharge Petition and Pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act Fill out this form to receive a call or dial 844-994-4554 to get started. On March 27, President Trump signed an executive order that ripped the right to collectively bargain away from hundreds of th...

Congress has the bipartisan votes it needs to overturn the president’s union-busting executive order. Tell every member of Congress to sign the discharge petition to get this bill to a vote! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...

🚨 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.

CALL: No Cuts to Medicaid Right now, Congress is considering a reckless budget package that would make the 2017 tax giveaway to billionaires and giant corporations permanent, and expand the tax cuts for the rich by cutting $1....

Senators have one final chance to stop these cuts to Medicaid, SNAP food assistance, federal workers’ paychecks and AI safety protections—all to pay for billionaire tax breaks.

Call your Senator & tell them: NO CUTS that harm working families

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Reed College students win first contract - NW Labor Press Student housing advisors at Reed College got a first union contract days before they planned to picket the college’s graduation.

Student housing advisors at Reed College got a first union contract days before they planned to picket the college’s graduation. | NW Labor Press @opeiu.org‬

Whether refugees are fleeing political persecution, conflict, or environmental disasters, OPEIU believes in protecting and defending their human rights at all costs.

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

We are excited to announce that @opeiu.org has joined our coalition. OPEIU represents more than 100,000 employees in nonprofit organizations, technology, credit unions, hospitals, insurance agencies, colleges and universities, hotels, administrative offices and more. Welcome!

The labor movement is united in demanding the release of our union brother David Huerta and an end to unlawful ICE activity.

Statement:

City of Vancouver workers cut health costs and reclaim lost benefits in new union deal - NW Labor Press OPEIU Local 11 represents 175 parking enforcement officers, construction inspectors, accountants, customer service representatives and others.

City of Vancouver workers cut health costs and reclaim lost benefits in a new union deal - NW Labor Press @opeiu.org‬

Congratulations to OPEIU Organizing Director Brandon Nessen on his election to @dpeaflcio.bsky.social leadership!

The @aslunion.bsky.social is organizing for better working conditions in the Video Relay Service industry.

Read @pestakeholder.bsky.social's new report on the mental and physical toll the essential industry imposes on interpreters.

Working Through the Pain: ASL interpreters sacrifice their physical and mental health at large corporate firms Troubling working conditions may contribute to the ASL interpreter shortage, putting more pressure on the VRS interpreters that remain to maintain this crucial service for the Deaf community.

NEW: Through interviews with 11 current or recent ASL interpreters employed at Video Relay Service companies by ZP Better Together or Sorenson, PESP's latest report underscores how interpreters believe company policies contribute to poor health outcomes and high turnover in this essential industry.

An OPEIU Local 12 bargaining team member at HealthPartners, Tia Burnett helped to win a new union contract that resulted in a historic pay raise for more than 1,000 of their co-workers—the biggest raise in more than 40 years. #UnionPride #PrideMonth

OPEIU is PROUD to celebrate LGBTQIA+ #PrideMonth! #UnionPride

Celebrating the life of Nancy Wohlforth  — Pride At Work On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, Pride at Work members from the past three decades and siblings from across many movements joined together at the AFL-CIO to celebrate the life of Pride at Work founder Nancy ...

Pride at Work members from the past 3 decades & siblings from across many movements joined together to celebrate the life of Pride at Work founder Nancy Wohlforth.

We share gratitude for @opeiu.org, @aflcio.org & ‬Nancy’s beloved wife Denice Lombard for hosting.
www.prideatwork.org/news/celebra...

U is for UNION!

Workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street have officially WON THEIR UNION with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social! ✊✊✊

Mabel Wong, a member of @opeiulocal153.bsky.social, has worked at Seton Hall University Library for 36 years, providing services to the university and global communities via the interlibrary loan program. #AAPIHeritageMonth

Tell Your Members of Congress to Support Increased Federal Arts Funding for FY25 Congress is already making decisions about next year’s funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and it needs to hear from you! We can...

Congress needs to hear from you about the NEA and NEH! Contact your Representative today to ask that they join the group of House members supporting increased funding for the NEA and NEH in FY26. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Arts, Entertainment, and Media Unions Push Back Against Proposed Elimination of the NEA, NEH, and CPB — Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Katie Barrows Communications Director P: 202-549-5991 kbarrows@dpeaflcio.org WASHINGTON, May 7, 2025 - Last week the Trump Administration released President Trump’s Fiscal Y...

The notion that federal funding for the arts, humanities, or public media is a financial burden for working Americans is plainly wrong.

Funding for the NEA, NEH, and CPB is an investment that helps put people to work and enriches the fabric of our democracy.

Happy #NationalNursesWeek!

OPEIU is proud to represent nurses and healthcare professionals across the country. THANK YOU to every union nurse out there fighting for patients over profits!

SOLIDARITY FOREVER

📸 Scenes from OPEIU members participating in May Day demonstrations across the country yesterday.

This month, we honor the contributions, cultures, histories and heritage of our #AAPI siblings!

#AAPIHeritageMonth is a celebratory reminder of AAPI workers’ countless contributions, past and present.

Video Interpreters for Deaf Callers Are Organizing Against Burnout Growing up, I never considered myself an interpreter. It was just life as the daughter of two Deaf parents, in a world where sign language was a lifeline. I learned from a young age that the quality a...

"I learned from a young age that the quality and availability of interpreters could determine whether a Deaf person had access to the services and rights that hearing people take for granted."

ASL interpreters nationwide are organizing for better conditions with @aslunion.bsky.social!