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  • 3 February 2025

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OPEIU Strongly Condemns the Trump Administration’s Decision to Freeze Federal Grants and Loans

  • 28 January 2025

Today’s illegal and unconstitutional directive to freeze all federal grants and loans will disproportionately impact America’s working families.

Local governments, schools, daycare centers, health care providers and nonprofit organizations all rely on these congressionally appropriated funds to provide critical services to millions of Americans. Medicare recipients in multiple states have already reported issues accessing their health care benefits.

Congress can and should do everything in its power to stop these funding cuts and restore confidence in its ability to act as a check on the president’s power.

Happy MLK Day from Team OPEIU

  • 20 January 2025
Happy MLK Day from Team OPEIU

OPEIU is proud to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. During his life, Dr. King bridged the gap between the labor and civil rights movements. “All labor has dignity,” King declared in Memphis, Tennessee, while supporting striking sanitation workers shortly before his death.

Honoring Dr. King’s legacy means continuing the unfinished fight against racism and poverty until both are eradicated from American society. By continuing to organize, OPEIU works each and every day to bring about a future where all working people are treated with dignity.

Happy MLK Day from Team OPEIU.

Learn more about the AFL-CIO’s civil rights work here.

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  • 15 January 2025

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Nurses of The Queen's Medical Center Reach Tentative Agreement

Hawai‘i Nurses Association Now Urging Wilcox Medical Center to also Provide Safe Staffing Ratios for Nurses

  • 14 January 2025
Honolulu, Hawai‘i — The nurses of The Queen’s Medical Center reached a tentative agreement with the hospital’s management early this morning, averting a three-day strike that was scheduled to begin today at 7 am.

The three-year agreement, which must now be ratified by the nearly 2,000 nurses represented by the Hawai‘i Nurses’ Association (HNA), focuses on enforceable nurse-to-patient staffing ratios to improve patient care and includes a nearly 17% wage increase over the three-year period. The electronic ratification vote for the nurses from both the Punchbowl (Manamana) and West Oʻahu campuses will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 15.

Pending final approval, the agreement is expected to lead to:

• Improved staffing ratios tailored to the specific needs of units;
• Enhanced recruitment and retention initiatives to ensure sustainable staffing levels; and
• A renewed focus on employee well-being and RN workload support.

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​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.

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