Remember to look for the union label and Buy American when shopping for your holiday gifts this season. Here are few websites to guide you:

• http://labor411.org/product-spotlight/1803-american-made-gifts-for-the-holidays 
• https://www.unionplus.org/blog/union-made/union-made-toys 
• http://www.americanmanufacturing.org/blog/entry/aams-2017-made-in-america-holiday-gift-guide 
• http://wp.unionlabel.org/do-buy/ 

And when looking for the perfect holiday gift, look no further than the OPEIU Store where you can find shirts, hats and lots of other items to show your union pride! View items for sale and place your order directly online at https://opeiu.imagepointe.com/opeiu/

Republicans in Congress have proposed a tax plan that favors corporations and the top 1% over working people. Millions of working families would pay more in taxes while Wall Street would make out like bandits. We cannot afford for this bill to become law.

Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Makes Plan a Job Killer. This plan reduces the tax rate on offshore profits to zero, giving corporations even more incentive to move American jobs offshore. If it passes, working people could see their jobs sent overseas—and they will have to pay more in taxes.

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Enrollment is Now Open for the Spring 2018 Semester. Apply Today.

OPEIU members throughout the country are taking advantage of the OPEIU Free College benefit. Your union is pleased to offer members access to free college, so you and your family can earn an accredited, transferable associate degree with no out-of-pocket cost to you.

Don’t be left behind! Check out the details at FreeCollege.OPEIU.org or call 888-590-9009 to talk to an advisor today.

Start the new year right by making your education a top priority. The Spring 2018 semester classes begin Jan. 16, and enrollment ends Jan. 12.

Complete information and enrollment details are available atFreeCollege.OPEIU.org or by calling 888-590-9009.

The OPEIU Store is open and ready for business, and is filled with exciting products for order by our local unions and members. All items are union made and include a union bug.

View items for sale and place your order directly online at https://opeiu.imagepointe.com/opeiu/.

For phone orders and questions, call 800-408- 2388.

Note that items can be customized to include your local union number and slogans. Call 800-408- 2388 to discuss customization.

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OPEIU is pleased to announce its newest membership benefit free for all members – identity protection.

Now all OPEIU members will have a proactive, comprehensive defense against identity theft, all at no cost to you or your members.OPEIU has contracted one of the nation’s leading identity protection solutions, InfoArmor®, to protect members against this $16 billion crime that impacted almost 15.4 million Americans last year.
OPEIU will be hosting a webinar to explain the program to all local unions and members on November 15, 2017, at noon EDT. Please plan to join the webinar – and encourage your members to join the webinar – to learn more about this new benefit.

Register now for the webinar:

WEBINAR: Learn More About OPEIU’s Newest Benefit – Identity Protection
November 15, 2017
12 pm – 12:45 pm Eastern Standard Time   
All participants must register in advance through the link below:

https://opeiu.adobeconnect.com/opeiuidprotect/event/registration.html

Dial-in number (USA): +1-866-814-9555
Conference Code: 1669323050

If you would like to join us for the 8 pm webinar, please click on the link below:

https://opeiu.adobeconnect.com/idprotectopeiu/event/registration.html 

Dial-in number (USA): +1-866-814-9555
Conference Code: 1669323050

Once you register for the webinar through this link, you will receive a confirmation email from Suzanne Fenech. 

OPEIU local unions and individual members have been extremely generous and responsive to our calls to help those affected by Hurricane Maria. The generators are on their way to Puerto Rico!

 

 

 

 

If you are a union member who participates in certain Union Plus programs and have been affected by the California wildfires, you may be eligible for financial assistance through the Union Plus Disaster Relief Grant program.1

Union Plus Disaster Relief Grants of $500 are available to eligible participants of one of the following programs:

• Union Plus Credit Card Program
• Union Plus Life Insurance
• Accidental Death Insurance
• Union Plus Auto Insurance or
• Union Plus Mortgage Program

OPEIU local unions and individual members have been extremely generous and responsive to our calls for support of the OPEIU Relief Fund for those affected by recent hurricanes. The funds you have donated have been quickly distributed to those OPEIU members in greatest need in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico.

Despite these efforts, we still have many OPEIU members in great need of help to rebuild following these storms, particularly in Puerto Rico where the destruction has been overwhelming and has affected nearly all residents of the island. We also anticipate there will be a tremendous need for assistance from members affected by this week’s wildfires in California, where 40 people have died, more than 150 are still missing and hundreds of homes have been destroyed.