OPEIU Local 2 is seeking a fulltime Membership Coordinator to work in our Silver Spring, MD office. Please note our offices are moving to Greenbelt, MD in June 2026. Please see job posting below. 

Tomorrow is #MayDay! May Day is about solidarity. Workers around the globe are taking action this International Workers’ Day and beyond to stand up to the billionaires who are threatening our rights and freedoms. They are saying “enough,” and are fighting to protect all workers from illegal attacks on our jobs, our unions, our contracts, and our freedoms.
Stand up, fight back, and attend an International Workers’ Day event near you: www.mobilize.us/aflcio/?q=May%20Day

We are saddened to share that Michael William Cowan passed away on February 18, 2025, in Pasadena, California. Mike retired as the Secretary-Treasurer of Local 2 OPEIU in Washington, DC. He represented employees who worked at various places in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, as well as healthcare workers employed at Kaiser Permanente. His involvement with Local 2 spanned more than 32 years. His first role was as an assistant shop steward in the Distribution Department at Washington Gas Light Company. His continued interest in union activities led him to work full-time with Local 2 OPEIU as a business representative in 1991. Mike retired in 2016 and moved with his wife, Valli, to Pasadena, California, to be with their children and grandchildren. 

Mike’s Life Celebration will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, March 8, at the First United Methodist Church in Pasadena, California. A zoom address will be provided next week for online viewing.

In place of flowers, donations to Camp Kesem UCLA (www.donate.kesem.org), a camp for children whose families are impacted by cancer, or the American Lung Association  (www.lung.org) would be appreciated.

Please join us for the next OPEIU Local 2 Social Justice Committee virtual meeting being held 1/14/25 at 7pm ET. Click here to register and receive the Zoom link: ​https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/2xD3hCAjTmytBlbvwerBTg

Date & Time:
Jul 9, 2024 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

The National Labor Network for Ceasefire hosts a conversation with Palestinian trade union leaders. We’ll hear from representatives of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate and the General Union of Transport and Communications Workers on their struggle to live, work, and organize under devastating conditions of war and military occupation. We will also hear a special message from the General Union of Health Services Workers in Gaza. In addition, Workers in Palestine (UK) will report on their work to support world-wide international labor efforts to promote a ceasefire and permanent peace in Gaza. This will be a unique opportunity for trade unionists in the United States and Palestine to communicate directly with one another. Join us as we build solidarity with our union siblings in Palestine, strengthen our call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and work to forge a path for peace for working people everywhere.

As an addition. If you want to participate in direct action next week, you can represent DC Labor on the morning of Tuesday July 9th! Let us stand in solidarity!