Community Solutions staff voted 22-1 to unionize with OPEIU Local 153!

Hundreds of members of Local 153 employed by Highmark in Buffalo won a new contract that includes three compounded wage increases of 2% each year, additional paid time off, bonuses for all members of the bargaining unit, and the right to work from home for the majority of the bargaining unit.

Residential Life student staff at Wesleyan University formed the Wesleyan Union of Student Employees last week, becoming the first confirmed union of undergraduate student workers in the country to be voluntarily recognized by their university.

After 6 months of bargaining, AJWS Union members unanimously ratified their first contract.

BioBus employees have ratified their first contract, which includes improvements to pay, vacation time and other paid time off, and retirement benefits.

The City Bar Justice Center (CBJC) Union ratified their first contract on January 25, 2021.

In December 2021, employees at INCLUDEnyc voted unanimously to unionize with OPEIU Local 153 in New York.

Professional staff at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering approved a new contract that raises their wages and improves their benefits.

When staff at Bates College declared their intent to form a union, they received support from student workers—and intense backlash from the Bates administration.

Workers at American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading global Jewish human rights organization, have unionized with OPEIU Local 153 and received voluntary recognition from AJWA management.

A successful card check in April has led employees at the New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) to receive voluntary recognition for the union they have chosen, Local 153.