For the second year in a row, the gender pay gap has widened. Women working full-time, year-round, now earn 81 cents for every dollar men earn. That's down from 83 cents a year ago, and 84 cents the year prior. We can and must end the gender pay gap & ensure equal pay for equal work. #EqualPayDay

OPEIU honors the 146 workers who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire on this day in 1911.

A third-generation union member, OPEIU Local 8 member Kyra Williams supports the members of IBEW Local 483 in and around Tacoma, Washington.

Congratulations to the WNBPA on ratifying a transformational new collective bargaining agreement! #SolidarityForever

The labor movement is our cause and our purpose. From one generation to the next, we’re committed to standing for something bigger than ourselves. We must rise to the moment and take action. @opeiu.org President Tyler Turner imparted these words of wisdom at the 2026 COPE Convention.

The 32 hour work week is the future! Proud OPEIU is leading the charge on this. @opeiulocal153.bsky.social @kickstarterunited.org

OPEIU Local 30’s Stephanie Burkey serves as a steward at Kaiser Permanente. Reflecting on #WomensHistory, Burkey said the month "serves as a reminder that progress is not guaranteed.”

Union professionals at LAMPCO Federal Credit Union who are @opeiu.org Local 98 members secured pay increases, paid maternity leave, and paid bereavement leave with their new contract!

The SAVE America Act is a voter suppression scam targeting working people who don’t have the time or money to get a passport or stand in a DMV-style line to chase down their documents. Make your voice heard. Tell your senators: stop the SAVE America Act! https://bit.ly/4rvhAeV

Public sector workers in Virginia are one step closer to winning full collective bargaining rights statewide. ✊

A staff representative with OPEIU Local 32, Syreeta Bullock empowers working women every day. As a councilor for Darby Borough’s 1st Ward, she applies the lessons learned from the labor movement to ensure her constituents have a voice in decisions impacting their community. #WomensHistoryMonth

Secretary-Treasurer Lorraine Montemayor was featured in the latest edition of @opeiu.org Connect! “I am here to empower rank-and-file members, as well as worker leaders, stewards, business agents, and organizers, to think of themselves as leaders to build a bigger vision for the Texas AFL-CIO.”

OPEIU is a proud partner of No Kings. Visit nokings.org to find an event near you on Saturday, March 28 and make sure labor’s voice is heard on the streets!

Turns out enriching billionaires, sowing fear in our communities and reckless foreign policy are not great for American workers.

ITPEU/OPEIU Local 4873 member Dorothy Hollingsworth has been a union member for 54 years. A food service employee at Fort Bragg, Hollingsworth takes great pride in her work, which she approaches with passion and attention to detail. #WomensHistoryMonth

Contact your representative today and ask them to support increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in 2027. Contact them today 👉 actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

OPEIU Local 102 member Angela Brown is a flight instructor at Amentum in Enterprise, AL. As a woman in a male-dominated field, Brown is a pioneering pilot who inspires new pilots to take flight each day. "Women play a big role in our society and we shouldn't be pushed aside.” #WomensHistoryMonth

Thanks @repvalhoyle.bsky.social, Labor Caucus Co-Chairs, and the other signers of this important letter in support of interpreters at Teleperformance. DPE was proud to be with @opeiu.org @aslunion.bsky.social leaders during their visits to Capitol Hill over the past few months.

ASL & spoken word interpreters keep our communities connected every day and deserve fair wages and better working conditions. That's why, with @repvalhoyle.bsky.social and over 70 House Democrats, we are calling on Teleperformance to respect interpreters' right to organize ✊

Extremely disappointing to see Virginia legislators turn their backs on working people again.

New @opeiu.org pres is in the house! ✊

Congrats to the workers at IRC Charlottesville and Richmond! Your strength and solidarity power our movement. OPEIU’s future is brighter because of you.

🚨 NEW UNION ALERT 🚨 Workers at the International Rescue Committee’s Charlottesville and Richmond offices in Virginia have become the 14th and 15th IRC offices to join together in union with OPEIU. More than 700 IRC workers have organized across the United States with OPEIU local unions. 🔥🔥🔥

“𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐲”: 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐈𝐔 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧

"I recognize this campaign to uphold 'right-to-work' laws for what it is — old-fashioned union busting." OPEIU Local 2's Linda Bridges authored a column in the Richmond Times-Dispatch today on the Virginia legislature's failure to repeal "right-to-work" — and why it's so desperately needed.

OPEIU Local 30 Executive Director Marianne Giordano penned an op-ed in the Denver Post, calling for Gov. Polis to support state lawmakers' efforts to make it easier to form a union in the state of Colorado. "The law as it stands does not reflect Coloradans’ values," she writes.

Despite a broken labor law system and an anti-union administration, workers are organizing across the country for better wages, benefits and working conditions. (via @epi.org)

OPEIU mourns the loss of Rev. Jesse Jackson, whose legacy as a civil rights leader continues to inspire the civil rights and labor movements.

Jamie Campbell has served as OPEIU Local 30's organizing director since 2021. Inspired by #BlackHistory within and outside the labor movement, Campbell works every day to help working people form unions of their own across Southern California. #BlackHistoryMonth

Union professionals at IRC who are @opeiu.org members secured wage increases, job protections, work-life balance provisions, safety standards, and career development language with their first union contract. opeiu.org/Home/Newsand...

Nearly 700 @opeiu.org members at @rescue.org ratified their first union agreement, securing wage increases, just-cause protections, and permanent jobs. Congrats to these workers supporting refugees and families in crisis on a hard fought victory.

🚨 FIRST CONTRACT ALERT 🚨 Workers at 13 offices of the International Rescue Committee, one of the world's largest humanitarian nonprofits, ratified their FIRST UNION CONTRACT! 700 members having thousands of one-on-one conversations with their co-workers led to this historic victory.

Raquel Caines is a shop steward & group coordinator at UFT, where she has worked for 7 years. "What we can learn from both labor and #BlackHistory," she said, "is if you fail to define yourself, you will live by other people's definition of you."

OPEIU Statement: The Killing Must Stop

OPEIU Statement in Solidarity with Working People in Minnesota #mnaflcio

We were honored to support @aslunion.bsky.social and @opeiu.org members who spoke to the Labor Caucus earlier this week about organizing their union to improve their workplaces.

ASL & spoken word interpreters perform essential services to connect our communities, and they deserve fair wages and working conditions. We're proud to stand with the brave interpreters who are fighting to organize a union with @opeiu.org & @cwaunion.bsky.social ✊ #solidarityforever

Members of @opeiu.org’s ALS Interpreters Union stopped by our office today before heading to the Hill to discuss the challenging working conditions faced by VRS interpreters and how their union can help them make improvements.

“Journalists have the right to do their jobs without fear of government interference,” said President Jon Schleuss. “Today’s FBI raid on a journalist’s home is a direct assault on the 1st Amendment and a threat to every working journalist. @postguild.bsky.social newsguild.org/the-newsguil...

TODAY: OPEIU members from 13 offices of the International Rescue Committee joined @nynurses.bsky.social on the picket line in New York. #SolidarityForever

OPEIU Statement: ICE Puts Working People at Risk

After months of stalling, the WNBA and team owners continue to ignore player demands and jeopardize the future of women’s professional basketball. Tell WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and other stakeholders to stop playing around:

Repealing “right-to-work” would bring much-needed relief to Virginian families by making it easier for workers to access the myriad economic, cultural and social benefits that coincide with union representation.

"It’s not a coincidence that as union membership goes down, wealth inequality has gone up."

Since Jan. 1, out-of-pocket insurance prices are skyrocketing for most people enrolled in health care plans through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Unless Congress acts, millions could be priced out of their insurance and lose coverage altogether.

Solidarity with @codeforamerica.org workers preparing to strike starting Jan 2. These @opeiu.org members will be picketing in downtown Oakland to demand better and defend basic benefits. Community support matters! Show up and stand with them.

“I have a lot more in common with someone who’s working in a whole other industry, who does something completely different than I do, than I do with the technocrat billionaires,” said Arleigh Atkinson, a software engineer at Kickstarter. @kickstarterunited.org @opeiulocal153.bsky.social

Join us in standing with @opeiu.org members at Code for America who are working to secure a fair contract. actionnetwork.org/letters/fair...

DPE was on the Hill earlier this week to assist @aslunion.bsky.social with their Lobby Day. We stand with interpreters across the country organizing with @opeiu.org to improve their working conditions and raise standards across their industry.