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Food Bank Employees in San Francisco, Youth Counselors in Seattle and International Development Professionals in D.C. Unionize with OPEIU/NEU
National Endowment for Democracy employees celebrating their union This week, 430 nonprofit employees from across the country joined together to become members of Nonprofit Employees United (NEU), an initiative of OPEIU. These nonprofit professionals include employees...

Our Union Effectively Strengthened Our Nonprofit Organizations
Pictured NEU members employed at Plymouth Housing, Phoebe Feldsher, Sakai Kearse, and John Meadows By Roberta Petersen and David Olivera, Solid Ground employees and NEU members, and Phoebe Feldsher, Plymouth Housing employee and NEU member We are a united group of...

My Union Experience at a Housing Nonprofit
By a recent Nonprofit Employees United member I worked at a non-profit agency that offers permanent supportive housing for people that are homeless. When I began, this agency was not unionized. I loved this job, supporting folks as they begin to get back on their feet...

ACLU Maryland Unionizes with OPEIU, Joins Nonprofit Employees United
Employees at the ACLU of Maryland won their union election and joined the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 2 on July 31, 2019. The staff includes organizers, attorneys, legal fellows and assistants, and policy specialists. By forming...

PartnersGlobal’s Jeffrey Zimmer on the Meaning of a Union
Jeffrey Zimmer, PartnersGlobal employee and a Nonprofit Employees United (NEU) member describes what a union means to him.

The Difference a Union Makes at Legal Services and Advocacy Nonprofits
Many NEU members are employed at legal services and advocacy nonprofits. We’ve secured workplace policies and procedures that make our legal services and advocacy nonprofits more inclusive, accountable, and effective. Here are some examples of how we’ve done this.
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