“[U]nions must aggressively stay ahead of the changes and seize the moment by being adaptable, uplifting workers’ voices and mobilizing behind a clear set of moral principles,” writes OPEIU President Tyler Turner (@tyleropeiu.bsky.social).
We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8
We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today.
Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
Teleperformance should stop retaliating against interpreters seeking a voice on the job and follow its own international agreements. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
OPEIU is a proud partner of No Kings.
Visit nokings.org to find an event near you on Saturday, March 28 and make sure labor’s voice is heard on the streets!
ASL & spoken word interpreters keep our communities connected every day and deserve fair wages and better working conditions.
That's why, with @repvalhoyle.bsky.social and over 70 House Democrats, we are calling on Teleperformance to respect interpreters' right to organize ✊
Congrats to the workers at IRC Charlottesville and Richmond! Your strength and solidarity power our movement.
OPEIU’s future is brighter because of you.
Nearly 700 @opeiu.org members at @rescue.org ratified their first union agreement, securing wage increases, just-cause protections, and permanent jobs. Congrats to these workers supporting refugees and families in crisis on a hard fought victory.
Cleveland's Rising Star workers vote to unionize, months after labor dispute, firings, cafe shutdown wysu.org/ohio-news/20...
OPEIU Statement: The Killing Must Stop
photo of march, signs for renee good and against ICe, crowded street.
this photo. minneapolis. 💜
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We were honored to support @aslunion.bsky.social and @opeiu.org members who spoke to the Labor Caucus earlier this week about organizing their union to improve their workplaces.
ASL & spoken word interpreters perform essential services to connect our communities, and they deserve fair wages and working conditions.
We're proud to stand with the brave interpreters who are fighting to organize a union with @opeiu.org & @cwaunion.bsky.social ✊
#solidarityforever
Despite Crackdown on Activism, Tech Employees Are Still Picking Fights www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
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?...
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
To: Brian Niccol, Starbucks CEO Starbucks is an iconic American company. Your stores are ubiquitous and beloved by many. Your brand has the opportunity to bring people together, but right now, a cloud is hanging over Starbucks as you have yet to finalize a first union contract with baristas. We are writing to impress upon you the importance of making peace with the baristas who make the Starbucks experience what it is and working together with them to finalize fair union contracts. Baristas take the orders, make the drinks, clean the spills, and forge relationships with their customers, including many of us. We, the undersigned, have watched as baristas from Buffalo to Seattle and everywhere in between ignited a nationwide movement to demand fair treatment at work. It’s been 4 years since Starbucks baristas in Buffalo, N.Y. began to organize their store. Starbucks Workers United is now 12,000 union baristas strong—and growing. Our organizations represent over 85 million people across the U.S. and beyond. We have been proud to support Starbucks baristas in their campaign to improve your company, which has implications for all of us. We were encouraged when Starbucks agreed on a path forward with Workers United in February 2024 and frustrated when you backed away from that commitment ten months later. We’re invested in union baristas’ success. We are committed to supporting their demand for a fair contract that helps make jobs at Starbucks better, which will, in turn, improve all of our communities where you operate. We will continue to back union workers’ fight, including by not crossing barista picket lines at Starbucks if they feel striking is necessary. We may even join them on the picket line if progress toward a fair contract isn’t being made. When working people do better, we all do better. It’s time to move forward. That means finalizing fair contracts that show union baristas how you value their contributions to your multi-billion dollar company.
Signed, A Legacy of Equality Leadership and Organizing American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) American Federation of Teachers (AFT) American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO Association of Flight Attendants-CWA Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) Coffee Watch DemCast USA Democratic Socialists of America DSA Labor Gen-Z for Change Get Free Green America Greenpeace USA International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations (IUF) Jobs with Justice Labor Heritage Foundation Lead Locally League of Conservation Voters Mayday Strong MoveOn National Education Association (NEA) National Employment Law Project Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Our Revolution Peace Action People’s Action Institute PowerSwitch Action Presente.org Pride At Work Public Citizen Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Sports Solidarity Students for International Labor Solidarity Sunrise Movement The Labor Force Third Act Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community United Farm Workers (UFW) United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) OUTreach United Steelworkers (USW) Women's March Working Families Party Working Partnerships USA Young Democratic Socialists of America
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." 🔥🔥
“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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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.
The labor movement is united in demanding the release of our union brother David Huerta and an end to unlawful ICE activity.
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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.
Registered nurses with OPEIU Local 40 plan to strike at Henry Ford Rochester Hospital starting June 9, following a breakdown in contract negotiations.
U is for UNION!
Workers at the nonprofit behind Sesame Street have officially WON THEIR UNION with @opeiulocal153.bsky.social! ✊✊✊
"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!
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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