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Your Union Magazine, OPEIU Connect Summer 2026, is Available Now to Read in Both English and Spanish at opeiu.org

Click to read exciting news about your union in English and Spanish.

Check out the cover story, Members Hit the Streets for International Workers' Day, to read how OPEIU members joined union members throughout the country May 1 to honor International Workers' Day and demand stronger union protections, improved labor standards and an end to the federal government's assault on organized labor.

For the first time, you can also find all OPEIU Connect articles published individually on our new Substack page. Click here to access our stories in a more easily shareable format and subscribe to receive emails when new articles are published.

To ensure you stay connected, also download the OPEIU app available for iOS devices on the App Store and for Android devices on Google Play by searching OPEIU.

Voters will head to the polls in just a few months to decide the path our country takes over the next two years. Working people can and will make the difference in this election, but only if we all show up and do our part. OPEIU has put together a simple checklist to ensure you are ready to get your voice heard. Follow these simple steps, then print off the checklist and share it with friends, family, and union siblings.

Click here to see the guide

Union Plus has awarded over $6.2 million in scholarships to union members, their spouses and dependents. The 2027 Union Plus Scholarship application is now open. If you need help paying for college next year, start your application today.

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Exciting news! Union Plus’s new hearing partner Start Hearing has a free online hearing test you can take from the comfort of your home. Based on your results, you can schedule a no-obligation hearing consultation. Don’t miss special moments this summer, take the first step to better hearing today.

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OPEIU condemns the murders of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Duran Guerrero at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.

Operating with impunity, ICE continues to inflict lethal violence on the vulnerable and spread terror in our communities. Their recent actions in Houston, Texas, and Biddeford, Maine, are not an anomaly. These murders are part and parcel of the agency’s ongoing campaign to inflict maximum damage on immigrants across the country, undermine democracy and strip away the freedoms they fraudulently claim to uphold.

Our thoughts are with Lorenzo and Joan’s loved ones and with all immigrants facing authoritarian violence at the hands of ICE.

We can and must abolish ICE.