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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.
Check out the AFL-CIO’s new raising wages report, Fighting for a Better Life
Marking nearly one year since the first ever Raising Wages Summit, the AFL-CIO released a new report, Fighting for a Better Life: How Working People Across America are Organizing to Raise Wages and Improve Work, detailing the successes, struggles and path ahead to raise wages for working people.
The report finds that over the last year income inequality has shifted from a problem we discuss to a problem we can solve, and points to clear and unequivocal steps for a path forward. Armed with the solutions outlined in the report, the central conclusion is that America is ready to move beyond the discussion of income inequality and is beginning to write new rules that will shape the economy.
Scholarship deadline has been extended to April 30, 2016
Click here for the rules and regulations for the 2016 OPEIU Scholarships, specifically the John Kelly Labor Studies Scholarship, the Howard Coughlin Memorial Scholarship, and the Romeo Corbeil/Gilles Beauregard Summer Camp.
The deadline for the John Kelly and Howard Coughlin Scholarships have been extended to April 30, 2016.
The deadline for the Romeo Corbeil/Gilles Beauregard Summer Camp is May 16, 2016.
Richard Lanigan Named OPEIU President
The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO, CLC, Executive Board named Richard Lanigan to serve as president, effective December 15, 2015, following the resignation of Michael Goodwin. The appointment was made at the Executive Board’s meeting in New York City. Lanigan has served as Secretary-Treasurer of OPEIU Local 153 and as an International vice president for Region II since 1994.
“I would like to thank the Executive Board for its decision to appoint me as president,” said Lanigan when accepting the appointment. “I’ve dedicated my life to OPEIU and its members, and I’m excited to embark on this next phase of service to the working people of this union.”
“Richard is the fifth person to occupy the position of OPEIU president, and the board could not have made a better choice,” said Goodwin. “I know he will do a great job for the members of the union.”
In Historic Ruling, NLRB Says Tucson Taxi Drivers are Employees
Tucson, Arizona (October 28, 2015) – In a groundbreaking ruling, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Tucson, Arizona, has determined that more than 200 taxi drivers employed by AAA Transportation/Yellow Cab are employees and are therefore eligible for union representation.
Strike Against Consolidated Nuclear Security at Pantex Continues
Members of the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) continue their strike against Consolidated Nuclear Security (CNS), a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) contractor, at the Pantex nuclear weapons facility in Amarillo, Texas.
The workers are members of OPEIU Local 306, part of the Amarillo Metal Trades Council (MTC), a 10-union council within the Metal Trades Department that represents roughly 1,200 Pantex workers who are responsible for the nuclear weapons life extension programs – weapons dismantlement; development, testing and fabrication of high explosives components; and storage and surveillance of plutonium pits. This is the only facility in the U.S. responsible for the assembly, disassembly and replenishment of the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile.
CLUW Launches First National Women’s Health Survey: All Union Women Are Urged to Take A Few Minutes to Answer
As part of its commitment to empower union women, the Coalition of Union Women (CLUW) provides its members with health information. To assist us in tailoring that information, we created a short survey with one of our Spread the Word campaign partners, HealthyWomen,” announces CLUW President Connie Leak.
President Leak explains the survey results will allow HealthyWomen to work with CLUW to provide CLUW members with the health information they want on a regular basis, delivered via the communications format/s they prefer.
The short survey, which is going out via “Survey Monkey,” is called Getting to Know You and Your Health Needs: Audience Survey for Women. You can access it here:
Make my Labor Day Sweepstakes
Union members built this country, and our dedication keeps it running. To celebrate the folks that make America possible, Union Plus is bringing Labor Day back to its roots. It’s time to show our appreciation, and cook up a little fun in the process.
Union members should head to UnionPlus.org/Contest to vote for their favorite labor hero. In honor of our heritage, and to make Labor Day even more awesome, three union members who vote and enter will be rewarded with $500. Don’t wait too long to enter, because this sweepstakes ends Saturday, September 12, 2015.
Head to UnionPlus.org/Contest, and vote for one of these labor heroes!
Cesar Chavez: Inspirational labor leader and co-founder of the United Farm Workers.
Eugene V. Debs: Tireless labor leader who founded the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).
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United Taxi Workers of San Diego (UTWSD) Affiliates with OPEIU
NEW YORK, NY (June 30, 2015) – The United Taxi Workers of San Diego (UTWSD) and Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO, jointly announced today an affiliation between UTWSD and OPEIU. The UTWSD is an association in a group of more than 1,500 taxi driver professionals in San Diego, California.
The executive boards of both organizations approved an affiliation agreement that will add to the more than 2,500 taxi drivers in Las Vegas, Nevada, that are represented by OPEIU, an organization of more than 105,000 members.
New Jersey Podiatric Medical Society (NJPMS) Votes to Formally Affiliate with OPEIU Guild 45
New York, NY (June 18, 2015) – The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO, today announced the formal affiliation of the New Jersey Podiatric Medical Society (NJPMS), who will become members of OPEIU’s First National Guild of Healthcare Providers of the Lower Extremity, Guild 45. The NJPMS just completed a one-year trial affiliation with OPEIU.
The affiliation will bring 650 podiatrists into OPEIU Guild 45, which represents more than 4,600 podiatrists in various states. NJPMS is a state component of the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA).