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OPEIU Honors the Life and Legacy of Dolores Huerta (1930-2026)

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Help Pro-Worker Candidates Win in Michigan with OPEIU!

Join fellow OPEIU members to phone bank for pro-worker candidates in Michigan!

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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.
 
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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.

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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.

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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...

Gear up for the holidays and save

Holiday travel, shopping, and family visits are right around the corner. Is your ride ready? With the Union Plus Auto Buying Program, powered by TRUECar, union members can shop online, compare prices, and access exclusive benefits: Save an avg. of $2,435 off MSRP* on...

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…

Four ways to save with LiveWell

LiveWell from Union Plus is back with four limited-time health savings* offers for you and your family. Sign up, shop and save through December 31.

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Save 25% on dental plans + no processing fee
Save 50% off your 2nd pair and $20 off select frames
Get a $15 instant coupon at participating pharmacies.

Sign up, shop or save!

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*Term Apply. See Details here.

 

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.

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Also, enroll in Budget Fastbreak, the free loyalty program for quick app bookings and expedited service.

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*Terms apply.

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.



AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Supreme Court Decision to Hear the DAPA and Expanded DACA Case

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Supreme Court Decision to Hear the DAPA and Expanded DACA Case

Supreme Court Should Approve Policies that Will Provide Much-needed Relief to Immigrant Working Families

We applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to take up this case, which will have profound consequences for our immigrant brothers and sisters who live and work every day under a cloud of fear, as well as for racial and economic justice in our country.  We are confident that the Court will reverse the Fifth Circuit and allow the DAPA and expanded DACA policies to go into effect, affording millions of people the opportunity to apply for work authorization and temporary protection from deportation. We encourage the Department of Homeland Security to take all steps necessary to ensure these much-needed policies can be implemented as soon as possible after the Court issues its decision this summer.

At the heart, of the question the Supreme Court will consider is whether our immigration enforcement regime will take modest steps to protect and empower hard-working people, or whether it will continue to serve as a tool to exclude and oppress.

Much is at stake in this case, but working people do not need the ruling of a court to interpret what is just.  In the face of criminalization, exploitation, and base attempts to sow division, we will continue to work in every community in the country to build what we believe is the only true antidote:  solidarity.

[EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO]

 

Para divulgación inmediata, 19 de enero de 2016   Contacto: Gonzalo Salvador  202-637-5018

El Tribunal Supremo debería aprobar las tan necesitadas políticas de alivio migratorio para las familias trabajadoras inmigrantes

Richard Trumka, presidente de la AFL-CIO, sobre la decisión del Tribunal Supremo de escuchar el caso de DAPA y la expansión de DACA

 

Aplaudimos la decisión del Tribunal Supremo de tomar este caso, el cual tendrá consecuencias profundas para nuestras hermanas y hermanos inmigrantes que viven y trabajan diariamente con temor, como también para la justicia racial y económica en este país. Confiamos que este Tribunal revoque al Quinto Circuito y que permita que DAPA y la expansión de DAPA puedan implementarse, brindándole a millones de personas la oportunidad de solicitar un permiso de trabajo como también protección temporal de deportación. Alentamos al Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) para que tome todas las medidas necesarias y así asegurar que estas políticas públicas, que tanto se necesitan, puedan ser implementadas en cuanto el Tribunal anuncie su decisión este verano.

La principal pregunta que el Tribunal Supremo tendrá que considerar es si nuestro régimen de hacer cumplir las leyes de inmigración tomará pequeños pasos para proteger y darle poder a la gente trabajadora, o si continuará sirviendo como una herramienta de exclusión y opresión.

 

Este caso pone mucho en juego, pero las personas trabajadoras no necesitan el veredicto de un tribunal para interpretar lo que es justo. Al frente de la criminalización, la explotación, y los intentos simples para dividirnos, continuaremos trabajando en cada comunidad del país para construir lo que creemos que es el único antídoto verdadero: la solidaridad.

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Statement online in English here:  http://www.aflcio.org/Press-Room/Press-Releases/Supreme-Court-Should-Approve-Policies-that-Will-Provide-Much-needed-Relief-to-Immigrant-Working-Families

 

Statement online in Spanish here: http://www.aflcio.org/En-Espanol/Sala-de-prensa/Communicados-de-Prensa/El-Tribunal-Supremo-deberia-aprobar-las-tan-necesitadas-politicas-de-alivio-migratorio-para-las-familias-trabajadoras-inmigrantes

 

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