Download the OPEIU App
The OPEIU app is available for free download for iOS devices on the App Store and for Android devices on Google Play by searching OPEIU.
OPEIU
OPEIU
OPEIU
OPEIU
OPEIU
OPEIU
ONC
OPEIU
OPEIU
OPEIU
OPEIU
OPEIU
Welcome to the Office and Professional Employees International Union
The Office and Professional Employees International Union was chartered in 1945 and, with more than 90,000 members, we’re one of the larger unions of the AFL-CIO. OPEIU has locals throughout the United States and Canada. You are not alone when you join OPEIU.

Latest News

Standing Up to Protect Our Progress!

  • 31 January 2017

OPEIU members joined Women’s Marches across the nation on January 21, standing up to attacks against the hard-fought rights of women and working families. Pictured are Local 2 members at the march in Washington, D.C. (left), and Local 30 in San Diego, California (right). Share your march photos by emailing them to frontdesk@opeiu.org or posting to our Facebook or Twitter pages. 

     

OPEIU Nurses Council Chair Paige Yates

  • 23 December 2016
OPEIU Nurses Council Chair Paige Yates
OPEIU Nurses Council Chair Paige Yates, RN, shares her experience at the CAR:NG Conference at Rutgers, a gathering of labor and community organizations to share workplace best practices with nurses from across the United States. Yates is also president of OPEIU Local 22 in Little Rock, Arkansas, which represents nurses and other healthcare professionals.

What to Do if You Are Targeted at Work for Violence, Harassment or Hate Speech

  • 2 December 2016
Since Donald Trump won the election, nearly 900 incidents of violence, hate speech and harassment have been reported. In light of these attacks, it's important that you know what your rights are and what you can do if you or someone you know is the target of one of these attacks in the workplace. Click on the links to learn more about your rights, what constitutes illegal activity and what you can do about it if you are targeted.

Watch Local 459's Julie Murray speak on nurse staffing legislation

  • 2 December 2016

Julie - On Staffing and Legislation from Nursebuzz on Vimeo.

Mass Firings on Broadway Lead Singers to Push Back

  • 21 October 2016
A group of servers who serenade patrons at Time Square’s Ellen Stardust have now, formed a union with–wait for it–the Wobblies (a nickname for the Industrial Workers of the World). After they unionized earlier this year as Stardust Family United, the owner, Ken Strum, said, Dream on–and wrecked the lives of over 30 staffers by firing them. Now they are picketing outside the venue weekly while singing old union and railroad songs.  The waitstaff, consisting of aspiring Broadway actors, decided to organize when new policies prohibited them from easily switching shifts to attend auditions.

Cynthia Schu Named OPEIU Organizing Director

  • 4 October 2016
Cynthia Schu Named OPEIU Organizing Director

New York, NY (October 4, 2016) – The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO, CLC, has named Cynthia Schu as its new organizing director.

“I am so pleased that Cindy has agreed to become our organizing director,” said OPEIU President Richard Lanigan. “Cindy brings a wealth of knowledge and experience and is respected throughout OPEIU and the labor movement for her many organizing accomplishments and knowledge of innovative and creative approaches to reaching working people.”

Schu joins the International after leading organizing efforts at OPEIU Local 8 in Washington State since 1991. During that time, she assisted OPEIU with a number of organizing campaigns. 

RSS
First8889909193959697Last
Latest OPEIU Connect
Download the OPEIU App!

The OPEIU app is available for free download. It’s a great way to stay connected to your union, learn more about your membership benefits, find links to OPEIU’s social media networks and much more. Available for free download for iOS devices on the App Store and for Android devices on Google Play by searching OPEIU.

 

Election 2024

Learn more about where the presidential candidates stand on issues important to working families, register to vote or check your voter registration status, and make a plan to vote on Nov. 5! Visit https://betterinaunion.org/ to learn more.

 



Join the OPEIU Member Action Team

OPEIU members take action every day to make our world a better place for all. That’s why we’ve created the OPEIU Member Action Team. We need members like you to call on for a rapid response to urgent situations impacting working people.  The future of our labor movement and OPEIU depends on leaders who are committed to organizing and to advocating for justice.

 

Will you join us? It takes just a few moments to sign up for the OPEIU Member Action Team here

 



Stay Connected! Join the OPEIU Retiree Action Team

Sign up to keep abreast of exciting OPEIU retiree benefits and important developments affecting you and your family.

 



Connect with Us



About Us

​The Office and Professional Employees International Union was chartered in 1945 and​, with more than ​90,000 members, we’re one of the larger unions of the AFL-CIO. OPEIU has locals ​throughout the United States and Canada.

More Information

 

Contact Us
President's Office 
80 Eighth Avenue
(entrance at 265 West 14th Street)
Suite 201
New York, NY 10011
Phone:  (800) 346-7348 / (212)-675-3210