A recent Gallup poll shows that nursing is, once again, the most-trusted profession in the United States. This National Nurses’ Week, write your legislator and tell them to protect nurses in the workplace by supporting H.R. 1309: the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act.

Happy National Teachers’ Day from OPEIU! Today we celebrate ALL teachers who are working hard each and every day, often making sacrifices of their own, to prepare our children for a brighter future. Learn about the long history of the Federation of Catholic Teachers, OPEIU Local 153, by clicking here.

This week, May 6-12, marks National Nurses Week: a celebration of the contributions and compassion of nurses, which too often go unnoticed. Nursing is the most-trusted profession in the United States, but it is also one of the most dangerous. Support nurses across the United States bywriting your representative and telling them to protect those who protect us by supporting H.R. 1309: the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act.

If enrolling in college is part of your or your family members’ plans this summer, you should consider Union Plus Free College. Earn an associate degree online – completely for free. Don’t delay! Next classes start on May 28, 2019.

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The AFL-CIO just released its annual report on workplace deaths in the United States. Nearly 50 years after the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, it is clear we have much more work to do to ensure every working person comes home after a day’s work.

Write your representative today and tell them to protect working people by supporting H.R. 1309: the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act of 2019. http://bit.ly/CongressShouldProtectWorkingPeople

Read the full AFL-CIO report here: http://bit.ly/AFLCIO-TheTollOfNeglect

Make sure your Easter celebration this weekend is union made! Visit http://www.aflcio.org/easter for a full list of union-made treats to fill your Easter basket and your holiday dinner table.

Nearly one-third of households aged 55 and older have no retirement savings and no pension. OPEIU believes that those who have worked their entire lives deserve better than retiring into poverty.

When NAFTA was ratified in 1993, working people paid the price as corporations outsourced good-paying jobs to low-wage countries. Now, as the trade deal is being renegotiated, we cannot allow corporations and billionaires to dictate priorities again. Call your representative NOW at 1-855-856-7545 and tell them to protect the interests of working people by demanding protection from outsourcing, solid enforcement mechanisms,  and benefits for working families – not just billionaires – on both sides of the border.

Don’t leave town without your car rental savings! Union members save up to 25% on car rental rates with the Union Plus Car Rental Program.

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