Our friends at the AFL-CIO and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) have developed some resources to help parents support their students' distant learning during this pandemic. You'll find some helpful lessons and tools for kids in pre-K through 12th grade. And remember, OPEIU has put together some resources to help you navigate this crisis. 

Enroll by May 18 and OPEIU will ensure it costs you nothing to complete your degree. Because of the current economic and health uncertainty facing many of our members, we are making it possible for all students who enroll through the OPEIU Low-Cost Degree Program at Central State University this summer to complete their degree with no out-of-pocket costs.

A new agreement between the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions and Kaiser will ease major burdens for healthcare workers treating a growing number of COVID-19 patients. If you want to request these benefits, contact Kaiser's "Here 4 You" call center at 1-877-457-4772 or Here4You@kp.org.

Each spring, the labor movement takes time to remember and honor workers who have been injured or killed on the job. This year, Workers’ Memorial Day will be Tuesday, April 28, and will take on added importance as the world grapples with the devastating COVID-19 pandemic. While everyone is affected by the crisis, working people — particularly our healthcare workers and other vital service industry workers — are on the frontline. 

Applications are now being accepted for the 2020 OPEIU Student Debt Reduction Program. Full details, rules and applications can be found at OPEIU.org under the Member Resources/Union Benefits link, as well as on the OPEIU app*.

OPEIU offers three different scholarships annually for members and their families. The new deadline for the John Kelly, Howard Coughlin scholarships and the Romeo Corbeil/Gilles Beauregard Summer Camp is May 31, 2020. Read more about the scholarships here. 

Due to the most recent stay-at-home orders in the DMV issued by Washington, DC Mayor Bowser, Maryland Governor Hogan and Virginia Governor Northam, the OPEIU Local 2 Quarterly Membership Meeting, including the swearing-in of duly elected Officers, Executive Board Members and Trustees, will be held via phone on April 7, 2020 at 5:30pm.

Did you know that through OPEIU, you can earn an associates degree FOR FREE? Due to current circumstances, the spring enrollment deadline has been extended through March 27. Learn more here.