What is American Income Local 277?

Local 277 represents clerical and technical employees in aircraft manufacturing, banking and the insurance industries as well as insurance agents, book sellers, nonprofit employees, administrative assistants, and many others who have joined together to improve their workplaces.

What Union is Local 277?

Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 277
Welcome to the Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 277. Local 277 represents over 7000 members in the insurance industry, credit unions, aircraft manufacturing clerical and technical, and union offices. Local 277 negotiates and services 34 collective bargaining agreements.

What does OPEIU stand for?

Office and Professional Employees International Union
Welcome to the Office and Professional Employees International Union. Office and Professional Employees International Union was chartered in 1945 and with more than 104,000 members (representing 110,000 employees) strong, we’re one of the larger unions of the AFL-CIO.

Who represents Opeiu?

The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) is a trade union in the United States and Canada representing approximately 105,000 white-collar working people in the public and private sector. It has members in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Canada.

How many people are members of OPEIU local 277?

Our union is made up of over 8000 professionals working in various sectors across the United States and New Zealand.

What does the International Office of OPEIU do?

The International office, publications, public relations, and legal department also work on collective bargaining, organizing projects and, in the case of our Professional Guilds, legislative support and membership development. OPEIU attorneys represent members and their local unions on a myriad of issues.

Why are OPEIU members forced to take strike action?

The fund supports OPEIU members in Canada and the United States who are forced to take strike action, to support public sector employees in their legislative struggles to achieve a decent contract, or to assist a local union incurring unusual legal expenses in defense of its members and/or contracts.

What do local unions call the International Office?

Local unions frequently call upon the International office for legal advice related to bargaining, individual employment grievances, discrimination cases, organizing and the law.