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CMH Residential Technician Wins Backpay and Full-Time Position

by Jason Harlow | Mar 4, 2022 | Local News

Rebecca Williams, a Residential Technician at Orchard Court, was working full-time hours for over a year, covering for an employee who had taken a temporary position in another home. In December 2021, when retention payments were issued, Williams questioned why she...

Local 459 Meets with Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin About Safety and Staffing at McLaren Greater Lansing

by Jason Harlow | Mar 2, 2022 | Local News

Last week, Local 459 leaders met with United States Congress Representative, Elissa Slotkin, to discuss safety and staffing concerns affecting McLaren Greater Lansing. Representative Slotkin has been a supporter of the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and...

Tamilikia Foster is creating change in her community and through her union, OPEIU Local 459 RNs! #BlackHistoryMonth

by Jason Harlow | Feb 24, 2022 | Local News

l just want to make a difference in the right way. TAMILIKIA FOSTER OPEIU LOCAL 459 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER REGISTERED NURSE COMMUNITY ADVOCATE DIFFERENCE MAKER OPEIU #BlackHistoryMonth’
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    OPEIU Local 459
    838 Louisa St, Suite A in Lansing Michigan, 48911.
    Phone: 517-887-8844 |Fax: 517-887-8848
    Email: Local459@local459.org

    Local 459 is a labor Union for white collar workers. It is dedicated to improving the work life of its members and the community. Local 459 has more than 2,700 members who work throughout the lower peninsula of Michigan.

    It is part of the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU). OPEIU has more than 100,000 members and is part of the AFL-CIO.

    Copyright © 2021 – OPEIU

    • Home
    • About Us
      • Who we are
      • Staff / Exec Board
      • Membership
      • OPEIU International
      • Contact us
    • Need a Union?
    • For Members
      • Benefits
      • Your Employee Rights
        • Weingarten Rights
        • Rights of Union Members
        • The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
        • Health laws
        • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
        • Disciplines + Terminations
      • Union Jobs
      • Address Change
      • AFL-CIO
      • MI AFL-CIO
      • Spotlight
      • Food Resources
      • McLaren RN ADO
    • For Shop Stewards
      • Your role
        • Sign up + welcome new members
      • Your rights
      • Trainings
      • Resource Library
      • What’s Right-to-Work?
    • News
    • Join Local 459