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Tech Workers at findhelp (Formerly Aunt Bertha) Vote to Certify Union, Join OPEIU Local 1010

  • 12 April 2023
Austin, Texas (April 12, 2023) – Tech workers at the public benefit corporation findhelp (formerly Aunt Bertha) voted 95-52 in an election certified by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for their labor union, the findhelp Solidarity Network. The union will now begin forming a bargaining committee and initiate the collective bargaining process.

“Today’s an exciting day for all findhelp employees — our union gives us a seat at the table and provides us a voice in our working conditions," said Leah Norman, community engagement manager and organizing committee member. "Findhelp Solidarity Network looks forward to collaborating with findhelp management to negotiate a contract that fosters our ability to do our best work and support as many people as possible. As the labor movement grows in the tech industry, we are excited to be a part of it!”

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  • 3 April 2023

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AFL-CIO: Biden’s First Veto the Right Call for Working People

Statement from AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler on President Biden’s decision to veto rollback of a Department of Labor (DOL) rule:

  • 20 March 2023

Days like today are why the labor movement fought so hard to elect President Biden. No modern American president has done more to advance the causes of working people, which was made even more evident today by the use of Biden’s veto power to stop Congress’ attempt to roll back a DOL rule concerning environmental, social and governance (ESG). This rule allows private sector retirement investors to consider critical factors when making investment and proxy voting decisions. 

The choices made by workers’ pension funds are critical to the retirement security of millions of working families. So instead of putting the retirement security of working people first, some members of Congress chose to prioritize political posturing and culture wars over people’s pocketbooks. 

While some politicians want to claim that ESG standards are a way for investors to force a ‘woke’ agenda on Americans’ retirement investment strategies, their politicized strategy is entirely false, ill-informed and just plain wrong. By using reality-based considerations when investing our hard-earned dollars, investors using an ESG lens are doing something their critics refuse to do; deal in reality, not rhetoric.    

In his first veto since becoming president, Biden made the right call. He sent a strong and emphatic message to legislators that ESG factors should be left to the professionals, not the politicians. 

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  • 15 March 2023

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CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

  • 8 March 2023
CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
March 8 is International Women’s Day! We are proud to spotlight Frances Avnet, a longtime steward and trustee of OPEIU Local 153. On the intersection of women’s rights and workers’ rights, she said: “It has been very exciting to see how our union has come to take those issues on.”
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