Dear OPEIU 29 Members: 

Following the public health order to “shelter in place”  in multiple Bay Area Counties to stop the rapid spread of COVID-19 OPEIU 29 leadership has made the difficult decision to physically close Local 29’s offices in Oakland and San Francisco effective March 17, 2020  and until the “shelter in place” is lifted.

Business Representatives and Administrative Support Staff will be supporting our members by phone and via e-mail until conditions change. We will continue to maintain communication with members through our website (www.opeiu29.org), Facebook account, e-mail blasts and cell phone channels. If you would like to be added to our email, texting and Facebook listing, please email your information to: president@opeiu29.org.

We appreciate your understanding. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our office at 510-746-5960 messages will be checked regularly.

 

 

Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter PBC became the first white-collar tech workforce to organize a union when the National Labor Relations Board certified the Office and Professional Employees International Union as the workers’ labor representative.

 

Applications now are being accepted for the 2020 OPEIU educational scholarships, and all members are encouraged to apply. Full details, rules and applications can be found at OPEIU.org under the Member Resources link, as well as on the OPEIU app*.

OAKLAND, Calif. – More than 2,600 healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente in the Bay Area will be joining a nationwide strike beginning Oct. 14, after recently voting to authorize a strike against the healthcare giant. It would be the nation’s largest strike in more than two decades – affecting more than 80,000 workers in six states and the District of Columbia.

Over 93% of OPEIU 29 eligible members at Kaiser Permanente casted a “Yes” Vote to strike last week and their voices were heard. If we must, we will strike! The National Bargaining Team has relayed the message to the Employer that the OPEIU local unions’ members throughout the country support a strike if necessary. Contract negotiations resume on September 23rd & 24th. Over 80,000 Coalition members are ready to strike if we have to!