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Question:
Who said, "As promised, the new web site will contain updated information on a variety of issues that are important to our members." (April, 2002)

Answer:
[Click Here]

New Labour Start E-mail for Trade Unionists Campaign

Does Walmart tell it's Employees How to Vote?

San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council endorsements for the November 2008 election

Check out this Pro-Obama VIDEO, courtesy of 'Obama Girl'

LABOR COUNCIL reminder of ongoing and sanctioned actions

Update: IBT, Local 683 Members now have their first, Union contract. Members voted, as I recall, 64 to 6 in favor of accepting the new contract.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 683 were on Strike against Coca Cola in Oceanside, CA. Financial donations may be made by contacting Local 683 directly. Material donations (i.e. drinks, sunscreen, etc.) may be donated by contacting us so that we may drop them off Monday through Friday, at the Coca Cola distribution center in Oceanside.
(Completed Event)

    Brothers and Sisters of the Executive Board [SD & LA Labor Council],

    This letter is to remind you of three current actions that are ongoing or sanctioned in San Diego County:

    1. A boycott of Coca-Cola products and a strike at the Coca-Cola Enterprises plant in Oceanside (as requested by Teamsters Local 683 and approved).
    2. A boycott of the Manchester Grand Hyatt in downtown San Diego (as requested by UNITE HERE Local 30 and approved).
    3. Effective Monday, July 14, a 5-day strike at the University of California, San Diego, with picket lines at the Medical Center in Hillcrest, the Thornton Hospital on East Campus, and the Gilman Parking Structure on Main Campus (as requested by AFSCME Local 3299 and approved).

    Letters memorializing the sanctioned actions are available at the Labor Council upon request. Please contact myself or Geshalem Perez at 619/228-8101 ext 1.

    In Solidarity,

    Evan
    Evan McLaughlin, Political Director
    San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council, AFL-CIO
    3717 Camino Del Rio S., San Diego, CA 92108
    tel: 619/228-8101 x3 | fax: 619/281-1296
    emclaughlin@unionyes.org

About 600 Teamster drivers and warehouse workers who work at Coca-Cola Enterprises in San Diego walked off the job July 1st...(more)

Southern California, 2008 Performance Sharing Payout Goals

OPEIU, Local 30 Jan, Feb, March News & Views

David's Notes about the 04/24/08 General Membership Meeting

Recent Info. about United Nurses Association of California (UNAC) Members working at Kasier Permanente

Check out our new product designs @ 'Unofficially' Shopping

More than 1,500 Security Officers working at Kaiser Permanente facilities have been fighting to join the SEIU since 2005...(read more)

"Attitude" Contributed By Joe Phoolsawasdi

"Performance Sharing Program 2007"
By David Kessinger

Cesar Chavez Parade Information (Completed Event)
[Listen] to Cesar Chavez

Anonymous Recently Asked Questions (RAQs) (You're Welcome to Submit Yours)

Can We Review the General Membership Meeting's Minutes Online?
(as can OPEIU, Local 107 Members)

"Eye of the Beholder (and Subject to Timing)"
A letter to 'HANK', by Dustin Teske

OPEIU, Local 30 Members/Kaiser Permanente Employees: According to Kaiser's "2007 Performance Sharing Program Results", 2007's PSP for San Diego Employees was $383.55 (BEFORE taxes were deducted)

"Evening With the Stars" OPEIU, Local 30 Award Night Information
New: Reviewing an "Evening with the Stars"
by Unofficially OPEIU 30 Rogue Reporter, David Kessinger

Update regarding last year's "Amendments of Concern" (Regarding Walter's Proposed Amendments to our Constitution and Bylaws)

The proposal for a 'FREE', official & updated website which Mr. Walter Allen Declined

Remember what it was like to win? "Local 30 Beats Kaiser at Arbitration — BIG TIME," By Tom Tosdal, (former) Attorney for OPEIU, Local 30

OPEIU, Local 3 walks the picket line with IUOE, Local 3 in Alameda, California

How Long Should it Take? (When will Our Union Contract be Available Online)
Update: View the 2005-2011 Local 30 Contract Here (Special Thanks go to the LMP's Julie Light for providing us with an electronic file of our contract when OPEIU, Local 30 wouldn't)

"I wasn't...I'm not a Pro-Union Employee. I am not." Watch: A Manager's Journey

I earn $2.08 LESS PER HOUR than my counterparts in Los Angeles, performing similiar work. How much LESS do you make? Compare your paycheck to the those of Kaiser workers in L.A. who are members of SEIU, United Healthcare Workers West (UHW West) by viewing their contract!

September 2007, OPEIU Local 30 Election Information

New OPEIU Union Member Feature:
Perks Card (On the right side of the site, Go To: "New Card Member", "Step 2: Register Your Card", "Card Number", and enter 'opeiu6'. Click "Register").

"The Time and Money Well Spent???", By David Kessinger (Re: 12/10/07 Special Union Meeting at the Handlery Hotel)



"Cowardice asks the question - Is it safe? Expediency asks the question - Is it politic? Vanity asks the question - Is it popular? But conscience asks the question - Is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

  • 'I vaunt to suck your bloood' (06/18/08 Blood Drive) (Completed Event)

  • San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council's Endorsements for the June 3, 2008 Election (Completed)

  • Check out this 'Unofficial' SEIU/UHW West website delineating various areas of disagreement between the two Union bodies

  • Take the Fresh and Easy Pledge

  • 2008, OPEIU, Local 30 Golf Tournament Information (Completed Event)

  • Teamsters For Obama

  • Kaiser Permanente Employees/ OPEIU Local 30 Members: Workplace Safety Events (Completed Events)

  • Wildfire Relief Information

  • The National Labor College has launched a new cutting-edge union education tool called the Open Learning Course (OLC) program. The OLC is offered free and is a self-directed, web-based learning activity that offers opportunities for union members, leaders, activists and staff to study new topics of interests and improve their current understanding of the labor movement.

  • United Farm Worker's VICTORY: CK Mondavi wine boycott is over!

  • United Airlines Mechanics Vote to Become Teamsters

  • Support Baltimore/D.C. United Food & Commercial Workers Union Members

  • WakeUpWalmart.com askes, "Are you Living Better yet?"

  • A raffle was held during the recent OPEIU, Local 30 Stewards' (2007) Christmas Time Reception. There were approximately six (6) participants whom won telephones. Reportedly, these phones are obsolete and can not be activated! Update: According to OPEIU, Local 30 Executive Board Member, Carmen Corral, obsolete phones have been replaced by OPEIU, Local 30

  • OPEIU, Local 30 Members/ Kasier Permanente Employees - Get your 1.25% towards Retirement

  • Danger: For Union Members Who want to be Politically Updated & Informed - Working Families Vote 2008, otherwise, visit HERE where you will get none of that.

  • Attention: OPEIU, Local 30 Members/Kaiser Permanente, Pediatrics Employees

  • An Amercian Prayer (Article Submitted by an Unofficially OPEIU 30 site visitor)

  • Amendments of Concern (Regarding Walter's Proposed Amendments to our Constitution and Bylaws)

  • OPEIU Local 30 contracts with Anti-Union, Verizon ($11,844 in 2006), rather than supporting Union-Friendly, Cingular. Tell them to HANG UP on Anti-Union Phone Company, Verizon! Support our union brothers and sisters in the Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Request your FREE "My Wireless is Union, Cingular" sticker HERE!

  • Yet another Reason OPEIU, Local 30 should not use Verizon phone services

  • SEIU Voice (Interesting Issues of Concern between UHW West and the International SEIU office)


  • (Strike Settled!)

  • Steward Training (09/25/07)! (Event Completed)
    * I could not attend

  • Down To The Wire on HealthCare

  • (Summer 2007) White Collar Newsletter

  • OPEIU, Local 30 Christmas Reception (12/21/07) (Completed Event)

  • OPEIU, Local 30 Special Meeting (12/10/07) (Completed Event)

  • Newly Updated OPEIU, Local 30 STAFF Contact Information!

  • Tell your Senators to Read Washington Post's editorial supporting AgJOBS

  • Smithfield Lawsuit Against Jobs With Justice and Union Seeks to End Exposure of Company Abuses and Workers' Rights Violations!

  • The United Farm Workers Thanks & Giving appeal is the UFW's annual Thanksgiving solicitation

  • Join me in sending a message to Hollywood executives: it's time to treat your writers fairly

  • Support the GCIU/Teamsters in their contract dispute with the San Diego Union-Tribune

  • Thank You From Jim Hoffa and The Teamsters (Re: Waste Management Strike)

  • Walmart Watch: I Smell a Rat

  • Thank You from Jim Hoffa and The Teamsters (re: Bush's Open Border Trucking Plan)

  • Sen. Joe Biden will "walk a day in the shoes" of SEIU member

  • OPEIU, Local 30 'BINGO Night' (Date: Friday, October 26th, Time: 6pm-8pm Cost: $10) - Anyone interested in participating in this fundraiser for Brothers and Sisters affected by the Fires should contact the OPEIU, Local 30 office (Completed Event)

  • United Farm Workers Requests: Help farm workers win AgJOBS

  • (Winter 2007) White Collar Newsletter

  • OPEIU, Local 30 to unveil a newly designed website soon! Let's look forward to seeing it @ www.local30.org soon and hope it's updated on a regular basis.

  • Kuddos to Walter for a Job Well Done (Call/Standby Pay)

  • Unite Here Union Hotel Guide

  • Walter asks, "Support UFCW Workers"

  • The HealthCare Solution: California OneCare

  • www.ItsOurHealthcare.org - The Campaign for Quality, Affordable Healthcare for All Californians

  • Senator Dianne Feinstein's Response To "Employee Free Choice Act" Letter

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