The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) is a trade union in the United States representing 110,416 white-collar workers in the public and private sector.
OPEIU has members in all 50 U.S. states, the district of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The union formerly had 55 locals in all Canadian provinces, but on June 20, 2004 the Canadian locals voted to leave the OPEIU.
Read more about Office And Professional Employees International Union: History, Associational Experiments, 1998 Election, 2008 (local Union) Election, Canadian Autonomy
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