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Brandon Nessen
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Organizing Director, OPEIU
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We spoke to Pathfinders employee and @opeiu.org Local 39 member Megan Gulland about her experience organizing a union. Megan says that since forming a union she and her coworkers feel more united. Watch the full interview: youtu.be/tOJdChJ-l6g?...
Wisconsin Nonprofit Workers Secured a Voice in Their Workplace by Organizing a Union
YouTube video by Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO (DPE)
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December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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WE’RE UNIONIZING!!! Today, the staff of Back Market US is proud to announce that we are unionizing to create a more equitable and sustainable workplace for all. Follow Back Makers United for updates! www.backmakersunited.org
Back Makers United
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November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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NEW: 45+ major organizations sent a letter to Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol urging the company to finalize fair union contracts.

"We will continue to back union workers’ fight, including by not crossing barista picket lines at Starbucks if they feel striking is necessary." 🔥🔥
September 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Pathfinders Workers: Vote “union yes” | WisBusiness
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September 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
“It was like hope,” said Michael Chesney, a TNDC employee of 11 years, recalling when he heard employees were forming a union. “Man, hope shot out of my body, and there was brightness and colors again in my world.”

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Workers at Tenderloin Affordable Housing Leader Are Forming a Union | KQED
Around 350 employees at a San Francisco affordable housing developer plan to organize with the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 29, the union announced Tuesday.
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August 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Workers from Pathfinders Milwaukee seek better training, pay as part of union effort
Workers from Pathfinders Milwaukee seek better training, pay as part of union effort
Formed in 1970, Pathfinders Milwaukee focuses on homeless youth through services like emergency shelters, street outreach and mental health help.
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August 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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On Friday night, @seiuca.bsky.social President David Huerta was lawfully observing immigration enforcement activity in his community when ICE agents violently arrested him.

Join us across the country TODAY to peacefully demand justice for our union brother.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
On Friday afternoon, military-gear-clad ICE agents launched aggressive raids throughout Los Angeles. At one location, SEIU-USWW President David Huerta was assaulted, injured and detained while advocat...
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June 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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The labor movement is united in demanding the release of our union brother David Huerta and an end to unlawful ICE activity.

Statement:
June 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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The @aslunion.bsky.social is organizing for better working conditions in the Video Relay Service industry.

Read @pestakeholder.bsky.social's new report on the mental and physical toll the essential industry imposes on interpreters.
NEW: Through interviews with 11 current or recent ASL interpreters employed at Video Relay Service companies by ZP Better Together or Sorenson, PESP's latest report underscores how interpreters believe company policies contribute to poor health outcomes and high turnover in this essential industry.
Working Through the Pain: ASL interpreters sacrifice their physical and mental health at large corporate firms
Troubling working conditions may contribute to the ASL interpreter shortage, putting more pressure on the VRS interpreters that remain to maintain this crucial service for the Deaf community.
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June 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Registered nurses with OPEIU Local 40 plan to strike at Henry Ford Rochester Hospital starting June 9, following a breakdown in contract negotiations.
June 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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U is for UNION!

Workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street have officially WON THEIR UNION with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social! ✊✊✊
May 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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"I learned from a young age that the quality and availability of interpreters could determine whether a Deaf person had access to the services and rights that hearing people take for granted."

ASL interpreters nationwide are organizing for better conditions with @aslunion.bsky.social!
Video Interpreters for Deaf Callers Are Organizing Against Burnout
Growing up, I never considered myself an interpreter. It was just life as the daughter of two Deaf parents, in a world where sign language was a lifeline. I learned from a young age that the quality a...
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April 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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The labor movement holds one value above all others: solidarity.

Add your name to the growing list of union members standing up to the Trump's administration's attacks on the rights of working people.

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April 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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OPEIU Statement on President Trump's Executive Order on Federal Union Contracts: "An Attack on All Working People"
March 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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“We’ve spent the last year organizing with our fellow interpreters to ensure VRS is the service that it needs to be, not a vehicle for corporate profits,” said Felix Reyes, a VRS interpreter.

Read the full @aslunion.bsky.social release with @cwaunion.bsky.social here: www.opeiu.org/Home/Newsand...
March 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Thank you, @schakowsky.house.gov, for your support of @aslunion.bsky.social and the entire Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community. #SolidarityForever
This week, I sent a letter to @FCC with 22 of my colleagues concerned about deteriorating quality of a program that helps deaf Americans make phone calls.

This community deserves high quality service and ASL interpreters deserve good working conditions and competitive wages.
March 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Today we, the employees of Oregon Tilth, sent a letter to the executive staff and board of directors requesting voluntary recognition of our union, Oregon Tilth Workers United. With that recognition, we can begin working together with leadership to strengthen OTCO for the challenges ahead.
March 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
American Sign Language interpreters union alleges poor working conditions, asks FCC to intervene www.tpr.org/economy-and-...
American Sign Language interpreters union alleges poor working conditions, asks FCC to intervene
U.S. Rep. Greg Casar called for the FCC to host two town hall meetings with the union to improve services and working conditions.
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March 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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HealthPartners is dragging their feet in bargaining & has committed several Unfair Labor Practices. Tell executives & the board that it's time to bargain in good faith with workers. #BetterInAUnion @opeiu.bsky.social
Tell HealthPartners to Settle a Fair Contract Now!
OPEIU Local 12 members at HealthPartners serve in frontline jobs from clinic check in and scheduling and behind the scenes work like claims, customer service and revenue cycle management. Members…
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February 18, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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TEXAS WORKER WIN: Dallas nonprofit Mosaic Family Services workers have won voluntary recognition from management after unionizing with @opeiu.bsky.social Local 277!

Congrats to these workers and welcome to Texas labor 🤠 #1u
February 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Congrats to Local 277 president Tyler Turner as he steps up as president of @opeiu.bsky.social! Excited to see him bring his experience to OPEIU’s 90,000 members. The AFL-CIO sends our thanks to Richard Lanigan for his years of dedication and leadership.
Tyler Turner Named OPEIU President
New York, NY (Feb. 19, 2025) – The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO, CLC, Executive Board today named Tyler Turner to serve as president, following the retirement...
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February 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Proud to stand with ASL interpreters @opeiu.bsky.social union organizing for empowered interpreters and an empowered community! Time for the @agomezfcc.bsky.social to hold the VRS industry accountable!
February 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio workers organize unions
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio workers organize unions
Two unions will represent around 170 clinicians, health center assistants, advocates and educators at 15 Ohio Planned Parenthood locations.
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January 31, 2025 at 4:41 AM