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.

We applaud House members who voted today to pass the bipartisan Protect America’s Workforce Act, a bill which would restore collective bargaining rights to 1 million federal workers by overturning President Trump’s executive order.

Congratulations to our newly sworn in board members! Daniel McInerney, @ibewinternational.bsky.social Vail Kohnert-Yount, @uaw.org Bill Garrity, @aftct.bsky.social Carmen Reyes, @opeiu.org Bette Marafino, ARA

Show your solidarity all season long with the @aflcio.org's annual union-made holiday gift guide. From books and board games to stocking stuffers, there are union-made gifts for all of your loved ones. go.aflcio.org/gifts

𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗜𝗨 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁’𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗫 𝘃. 𝗡𝗟𝗥𝗕 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗟𝗥𝗕’𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆

We spoke to Pathfinders employee and @opeiu.org Local 39 member Megan Gulland about her experience organizing a union. Megan says that since forming a union she and her coworkers feel more united. Watch the full interview: youtu.be/tOJdChJ-l6g?...

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!

Starbucks workers across the country are ON STRIKE for a fair first contract! OPEIU stands with striking @sbworkersunited.org workers! #NoContractNoCoffee #DontCrossThePicketLine

OPEIU Statement: Deal to End Shutdown Leaves Working Families Holding the Bag

Solidarity forever! Congratulations to @kickstarterunited.org / @opeiulocal153.bsky.social on winning a 42 day strike that protects and codifies their four-day workweek! When we fight, we win.

WE WON! After 42 days of striking we have a tentative agreement in hand that protects our existing 4 day work week, establishes a minimum salary, and adds protections against AI replacing jobs at our workplace!

Solidarity with @pghguild.com! ✊

@opeiu.org & @aflcio.org filed a motion asking the Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal’s ruling that the NLRB is likely unconstitutional & prevents the agency from pursuing ULP charges against employers in Texas, Louisiana & Mississippi. aflcio.org/press/releas...

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.