Raymond Weeks, a World War II veteran from Birmingham, Alabama, had the idea in 1945 of a national holiday that would honor all war veterans, living and dead, to be celebrated on Armistice Day. Weeks led a delegation to Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, who supported the idea of National Veterans Day.

Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a United States federal holiday observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. It coincides with holidays in several countries, including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, which also occur on the anniversary of the end of World War I. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the Armistice with Germany went into effect. At the urging of major U.S. veteran organizations, Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.

Join OPEIU 29 Officers & Staff for our quarterly General Membership Meeting/Holiday Dinner celebration!

Let's celebrate and kick-off the Holiday Season with your fellow Union sisters and brothers at our General Membership Meeting, great door prizes will be given.

Where: Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites
77 Hegenberger Road, Oakland CA
When: Wednesday, October 15, 2025 @ 6:30 pm

Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated in the U.S. every year, from Sept. 15 through Oct. 15. In 2025, the start date falls on a Monday and the end date falls on a Wednesday. The 30-day period also includes many dates of importance in the Hispanic community: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua celebrate their anniversary of independence on September 15; Mexico commemorates its independence on September 16; Chile commemorates its independence on September 18; and the celebration Indigenous People's Day on October 13 (formerly Columbus Day) or Día de la Raza.[7] Y

The 2025 theme for National Hispanic Heritage Month is "Collective Heritage: Honoring the Past, Inspiring the Future". This theme highlights the importance of recognizing the history and achievements of Hispanic and Latine communities while looking to the future and the ongoing contributions of these groups. 

Oakland Hispanic Heritage Month events:
https://www.visitoakland.com/hispanic-heritage-month/?startDate=08%2F31%2F2025&endDate=09%2F30%2F2025&sort=title

Labor Day is fast approaching! We are fired up and ready to celebrate and honor the working people who built this country by marching, rallying and attending union events across the nation.

Will you join us for an event? 

Despite the troubling times we're facing, working people still carry with them a vision of a better, fairer future. In the streets, on the shop floor, In union halls and in the halls of Congress, workers are rising up and fighting for the economy and country we all deserve.

Click here to find a Labor Day event near you.

We hope to see you at one of the many events being held nationwide around Labor Day weekend and wish for you and your loved ones a very happy Labor Day.

In solidarity,

Team OPEIU