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It’s Election Day!
Today, we have the chance to decide what direction our country will take over the next two years. It’s time to make your voice heard and vote! To look up the times and locations for your voting options, visit your county’s elections webpage or use the United States...
Election Day is Tomorrow!
Tomorrow, we have the chance to decide what direction our country will take over the next two years. Will we continue down the path of the last few years, making healthcare even more expensive while undermining the rights of workers on the job? Or, will our leaders...
OPEIU Honors the Life and Legacy of Dolores Huerta (1930-2026)
Throughout her long life, Huerta bridged movements while fighting tirelessly for farmworkers and their families. Until the very end, Huerta displayed courage, resilience and solidarity to the highest degree. OPEIU and its members extend our condolences to the...
Help Pro-Worker Candidates Win in Michigan with OPEIU!
Join fellow OPEIU members to phone bank for pro-worker candidates in Michigan!
🗓️ This Thursday, Oct. 22
🕔 5pm to 7:30pm ET
📍 Zoom (RSVP for the link)
Election Day is just a few weeks away. We have a critical opportunity to hold congressional leaders accountable for driving costs up, disrupting our healthcare system and failing to stand up to big tech’s anti-worker AI agenda. And we need your help!
Join OPEIU on Thursday, 10/22 at 5pm ET on Zoom to make calls for pro-worker candidates in some of the most important swing districts.
Michigan is one of the most critical battlegrounds this year, with races that could decide the majority of both chambers of Congress. Pro-labor candidates like Abdul El-Sayed and Christina Hines have stood with OPEIU members in the past and now are seeking to take their support for workers to Washington. Unfortunately, wealthy corporate backers are pouring in money to stop that from happening.
That…
Have You Made Your Plan To Vote?
Election Day is just a few weeks away, which means it is time to make sure you have thought through the logistics of getting your voice heard.
If you are going to vote in person on Election Day, are you going to do it before or after work? If you would like to vote by mail, have you requested your ballot? You can find more information on the details and deadlines by going to the election website for your county or state, or by using the lookup tool from the United States Election Assistance Commission at EAC.gov.
Check out our handy guide below to make your plan to vote!
There is a lot at stake this year – from stopping the affordability crisis to protecting the right to organize – so it is important working people show up on Election Day. After all, when we fight, we win!
In solidarity,
Team OPEIU
OPEIU proudly celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day
OPEIU proudly celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day, honoring the histories, cultures, righteous struggles and countless contributions of Indigenous peoples across the globe.
Workers Can Win This Election, But Only If We Organize
OPEIU members and their local unions are hard at work across the country ensuring we break the anti-worker majority in Congress and elect pro-labor candidates up and down the ballot. We are knocking doors in swing districts in Michigan, backing up-and-coming leaders in California, and investing in union members running in Ohio, Tennessee and Pennsylvania.
Is Your Voter Registration Up To Date?
Have you moved since the last time you voted? Are you sure your voter registration is up to date?
Voter registration deadlines are fast approaching across the country, so now is the time to be sure you are registered to vote at your current address. Fortunately, there is an easy tool to check your status, get registered or update your registration and look up the specific dates and rules for voting in your area.
We have a critical chance to stop the anti-worker policies out of Washington, D.C., that have raised prices on everything from groceries to healthcare and left us less safe on the job. Union members know there is power in standing together, and we want to be sure you are at the polls on Nov. 3 with your OPEIU sisters and brothers across the country.
Make sure you, your family and your co-workers are ready to get your voices heard on Election Day by checking…
What Unions Need to Know to Support Members with DACA
What is DACA?
Many unions have members with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Created in 2012, DACA is a form of immigration relief for people who came to the U.S. as children and who meet a number of other eligibility criteria. With DACA, they receive work authorization for two years at a time, as well as have protection from deportation. While there have been a number of threats to the DACA program, and the program is not currently open to new applicants, there are still about half a million people who have DACA, and who can seek to renew it every two years.