Office and Professional Employees International Union

OPEIU

• A call for 'back to basics' unionism
  

  The labor movement is at a crossroads. How can unions rebuild from the current low-water mark of 15% of the entire work force?

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• OPEIU Local 459 Members Strike American Red Cross
  

  New York, NY -- Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO Local 459 in Lansing, Michigan today joins workers in six states in a three-day multi-union strike against the American Red Cross (ARC) over unfair labor practices. The Lansing strike began at 9 a.m. (PDT) Wednesday.

  
  
  
• OPEIU Workers In Massachusetts Win $30M In Back Wages From Trial Court
  

  By Doug Cunningham - Workers Independent News

  Union workers have won $30 million in back pay from the Massachusetts Trial Court system. It’s the largest settlement of its type in state history. The Office and Professional Employees International union won the arbitration decision because the Trial Court violated the union contract, failing to pay raises. The arbitrator also decided the Trial Court has to come up with $17 million more to pay for raises for the workers in the next budget year. OPEIU Local 6 says its members, who earn an average of $37,000 a year in the Trial Court, have suffered foreclosures and bankruptcies while waiting for these raises. It could still take as long as 18 more months for the thousands of workers to get their money.

  
  
  
• There's Still Time to Fill Out Your Census!
  

  Listen to what International President Michael Goodwin has to say about the Census and why it's so important to fill it out and send it back.  Click Here to view the video

  
  
  
• AMLU Affiliates with OPEIU
  

  New York, NY – The union representing professional minor league baseball umpires has voted overwhelmingly to affiliate with the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO.

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  the press release.