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Gen Z Is Open to Nonprofit Careers — but on Their Own Terms
Sophia Lombardo has always felt like she was destined to work in the nonprofit world. Her mother gave birth to Sophia’s older brother at 16 and later became the first member of her family to graduate from college, which gave Sophia firsthand experience with economic mobility and led to her interest in helping others.
Lombardo received a full-tuition scholarship to Earlham College through the Bonner Scholar Program, which seeks students who want to change the world through service and asks them to work in the community 10 hours a week.
But Lombardo was still on the hook for room and board, and she borrowed to cover the cost. Shortly before graduating with a business and nonprofit-management degree, she learned about a federal student-loan forgiveness program that would eventually cancel her college debt if she worked long enough in nonprofits or public service.
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Kapiolani Medical Center Nurses on Strike for Safe Staffing
Members of the Hawaii Nurses’ Association (HNA), an affiliate of the Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU), began a weeklong strike on Sunday demanding a fair contract and an end to unsafe staffing ratios at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children.
Why It Matters:
Nurses at the community hospital say that since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, they’ve been overwhelmed with patient numbers, leading to high rates of burnout among staff and negative impact on patient care. This is the issue that lies at the core of HNA’s unfair labor practice strike after months of failed contract negotiations with management.
“We just want the management to bargain with us. They’re not bargaining in good faith. It’s their way or the highway, and that’s not bargaining,” Paulette Vasu, HNA treasurer and a labor and delivery nurse at Kapiolani, said.
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Joanna Escalante (left) is a California School Employees Association (CSEA) member and a candidate for a master’s in sociology. Escalante hopes to become an instructor at the community college where she currently serves as an administrative assistant. She has a special interest and background in working with students who have experienced foster care and/or homelessness. Baylor Sampson (center) grew up in a union family. His father has been an Ironworkers member in Ohio for more than 30 years. Sampson is majoring in computer science with the goal of working in cybersecurity and protecting people like his grandparents, who endured financial strain after an online security breach. Sampson’s dedication to his work inspired him to be passionate about his own educational path. Chareese Miller (right),…
Honoring Dr. King’s Legacy
Today we reflect on the life and lasting legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. King actively worked to bridge the modern civil rights and labor movements that shared, he said, “a unity of purpose.” In his 1961 speech to the AFL-CIO’s fourth convention, he said:
“Our needs are identical with labor’s needs, decent wages, fair working conditions,
livable housing, old age security, health and welfare measures, conditions in which families can grow, have education for their children and respect in the community.”
We are proud to honor, celebrate and continue to pursue Dr. King’s vision of a better world for working people, today and every day. Happy MLK Day.
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Happy New Year from OPEIU
As we celebrate the new year, we’re also taking time to reflect on the past year. Throughout 2024, OPEIU members continued to organize for and win strong union contracts to improve their lives at work and in their communities.
This upcoming year will be no different. We are ready to work each and every day to build power from worker to worker, workplace to workplace, and state to state. OPEIU will remain – as we have since our founding 80 years ago – on the front lines of the fight for economic justice at work and in our communities.
We hope you have a relaxing and restful start to your new year. We look forward to continuing to stand shoulder to shoulder with our union siblings across the country in 2025 and beyond.
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