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While the weather outside may not show it, it is almost time to trade in your snow boots for running shoes. We are now less than 3 months from the 2025 Hippity Hop 5K! This year's event will take place on April 19, 2025, starting outside the Potter Park Zoo before...

Lansing Center This year marked the 40th anniversary of the MLK day of celebration hosted in Lansing by the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Mid-Michigan. Local 459 has a long history of support for this event and are proud of the efforts to build...

Their contract vote passed today 128 yes to 49 no.

Tentative Agreements Ratified by Membership

Dear Members, On August 14, 2024, Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 459, AFL-CIO ("Local 459") sent notification to disclaim interest and cease representing eight bargaining units across the state. D-I Notice to Members L459

On Monday, March 18th the membership voted to uphold the  decision of the Election Committee 61% sustaining to 39% against after Austin Brown appealed their decisions regarding the 2023 Executive Board Elections. The full report from the Election Committee can be...

For those members wishing to see the Local 459 LM-2 reports filed annually you may go to www.dol.gov/olms and follow the directions to find the most recent report.

With any election come some form of scrutiny and Local 459's recent Executive Board election was not immune.   A series of charges and complaints was made by Austin Brown, a member who ran for office and lost.  He has appealed a series of charges to the...

We are excited to announce the Wanigas Credit Union membership overwhelmingly approved the merger!  We will legally merge on August 1st with Wanigas officially transitioning to “Wanigas Credit Union A Division of Financial Plus.” This partnership is something to...