OPEIU Local 29

Welcome to the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 29

OPEIU Local 29 is a dynamic, respected labor organization, dedicated to improving the working conditions of office, technical, professional and health care employees. We represent over 6,000 employees at more than 300 locations. We participated with numerous other labor unions in the country through an unprecedented bargaining process that broke new ground in labor relations and established a model for health care with Kaiser Permanente. OPEIU 29 and OPEIU 3 membership voted overwhelmingly to approve the merger between the unions effective April 1, 2016. The merger will continue to model the professional representation and collective bargaining for OPEIU members while advancing and strengthening the members’ economic, social and professional interests. The merged unions share mutual goals and objectives and recognize the importance of representation, collective bargaining and organizing workers.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. ~Charles Darwin

Learn more about us

2021 Student Debt Reduction Program

8 April 2021
Author: OPEIU Webmaster

Click Here to download the Instructions and Application

19 March 2021
Author: OPEIU Webmaster

We call on our union members to stand by our Asian American brothers and sisters who have been blamed for the pandemic, which resulted in a surge of harassment, attacks, battery and even deaths locally and across the country. We know there are Asian Americans on the frontline saving lives as we speak and working diligently to help move our country into normalcy as we finally get control of this disease. Asian Americans are union members who work with us in our offices, hospitals, grocery stores, schools, hotels, and public transportation, to name a few. We vow to continue to stand-side-by side in solidarity and we strongly denounce these disgusting and cowardly acts of violence. Let's not forget that an injury to one is an injury to all.

4 March 2021
Author: OPEIU Webmaster

Demand the immediate resignation of the Senators and Representatives who objected to the certification of the 2020 Presidential Election results.

10 February 2021
Author: OPEIU Webmaster

Black History Month is finally here! We continue to reflect on our history and our most recent ground-breaking strides, despite four years of one of the most racist and repressive Presidents in recent U.S. history.

In 1926 Negro History Week was created by historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson, also known as the Father of Black History, and celebrated the second week of February, to bring awareness to the accomplishments and contributions of Black Americans to American history. In February 1969, Black History Month was proposed by Black educators along with the Black United Students of Kent State University, and thus the first celebration of Black History Month took place at Kent State in 1970.

30 January 2021
Author: OPEIU Webmaster

Applications now are being accepted for the 2021 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.

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Union Rights are Under Attack —We’re Standing Up & Fighting Back!

In this first report, we find that by bargaining together through unions, California workers increase their earnings and have more access to health and retirement benefits, thereby reducing reliance on the state’s public safety net programs.

Key findings include:

Workers covered by a union contract in California earn an average of 12.9% more than their non-union peers with similar ages and educational attainment working in similar industries.
Overall, a union contract increases an individual worker’s annual earnings by $5,800, for a combined total of $18.5 billion across California. In low-income regions like the San Joaquin Valley, the difference is more dramatic, increasing a worker’s earnings on average by $7,000 each year.
670,000 more Californians have health insurance through their employer as a result of collective bargaining.
830,000 more Californians are offered a retirement plan by their employer as a result of collective bargaining.

Read the full Report (PDF Format)

How To Keep Our Union Benefits

Open File

A message from the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions

What we’re fighting for:

We are committed to negotiating the best possible National Agreement that protects all our benefits and
rights and includes economic improvements such as:

Strong raises – that are equal across regions
Increased pension multiplier and change pension hours
No takeaways on health plans
KP Washington with full National Agreement
Insourcing and the end of subcontracting

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What's New

Reasons Why You Should Appreciate Your Union:

Weekends

All Breaks at Work, including your lunch Break

Paid Vacation

FMLA

Sick Leave

For more information click here

Get Connected!

The new OPEIU app is a great way to stay connected to your union, learn more about your membership benefits, find links to OPEIU’s social media networks, and much more.

Available for free download for iPhones at the App Store and for Android devices at Google Play by searching

OPEIU.

Android Version
iOS Version

Free Retirement Evaluation

OPEIU 29, in coordination with Union Retirement Solutions, is offering a free Retirement Evaluation. For the past 25 years, Union Retirement Solutions, your provider of Retirement Solutions, Insurance Services and Estate Planning, has been dedicated to providing union families with solutions for both asset protection and wealth creation. read more ...

Rising Stars Registration

Who are the L29 Rising Stars?
OPEIU 29 Rising Stars have joined together to build a movement of young union workers 35 and under that are dedicated to educate and inform each other. The Rising Stars are the future of the union.

OPEIU 29 Rising Stars have created a working committee to inform young workers about the union as it is today and to share strategies of where the union is going in the future. They have established a website where hundreds of young workers share information throughout the country.

For more information please call (510) 746.5960.

More information: http://www.aflcio.org/Get-Involved/Young-Worker

Member Discounts

Tickets can be purchased online by using the following links. To access the passwords for the links please contact Sarah Paredes at (510) 746-5969 or Lily Munoz at (510) 746-5964 .

Click here to view the Member Discounts (PDF Format)

Local 29 Meetings

General Membership Meetings:
Third Wednesday of months January, April, July and October

Executive Board Meetings:
First Wednesday of every month

Stewards Council:
Second Wednesday of every month