OPEIU Members May Accelerate Their Bachelor’s Degree by Adding a FREE Stackable Certificate!

  • 10 October 2023
OPEIU Members May Accelerate Their Bachelor’s Degree  by Adding a FREE Stackable Certificate!

Through the OPEIU Discount College Benefit, OPEIU members and their families can earn professional certificates, at NO additional cost to their discounted tuition:

IT Support Professional Certificate:

Earn up to 12 credits at no cost in addition to discounted tuition.
Potential savings: UP TO $4,200 in tuition.

Project Management Professional Certificate:

Earn up to 9 credits at no cost in addition to discounted tuition.
Potential savings: UP TO $3,150 in tuition.

Data Analytics:

Earn up to 12 credits at no cost in addition to discounted tuition.
Potential savings: UP TO $4,200 in tuition.

UX Design:

Earn up to 9 credits at no cost in addition to discounted tuition.
Potential savings: UP TO $3,150 in tuition.

Oct. 5 is Latina Equal Pay Day

  • 5 October 2023
Oct. 5 is Latina Equal Pay Day

Latina workers are among the most adversely affected by the gender pay gap. On average, they are paid just $0.52 for every dollar earned by white men.

The wage gap cannot be explained by education, experience or perceived choices. Even in states with large populations of Latinas in the workforce, rampant wage disparities persist, with devastating consequences for Latinas and their families.

Visit latinaequalpay.org for more information. 

75,000 U.S. HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO STRIKE AT KAISER PERMANENTE OVER UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES

Largest healthcare worker strike in U.S. history will span hundreds of hospitals and facilities across the nation

  • 3 October 2023

LOS ANGELES – More than 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in multiple states – including many OPEIU members -- will go on strike on Wednesday to protest unfair labor practices and unsafe staffing levels at hundreds of Kaiser hospitals and facilities across the United States. The strike, which is expected to last for three days, will be the largest health care worker strike in U.S. history. 

Healthcare workers are taking the work action to protest Kaiser executives’ bad faith bargaining, which is getting in the way of finding solutions to solve the Kaiser short-staffing crisis by investing in its workforce.

"Kaiser executives are refusing to listen to us and are bargaining in bad faith over the solutions we need to end the Kaiser short-staffing crisis," said Jessica Cruz, a licensed vocational nurse at Kaiser Los Angeles Medical Center. "I see my patients’ frustrations when I have to rush them and hurry on to my next patient. That’s not the care I want to give. We’re burning ourselves out trying to do the jobs of two or three people, and our patients suffer when they can't get the care they need due to Kaiser's short-staffing." 

Strike lines will be set up at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and medical office buildings across the country, including California, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. 

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