Office and Professional Employees International Union

The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) is a trade union in the United States and Canada representing approximately 88,000 white-collar working people in the public and private sectors.It has members in all 50 US states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, as well as in one local in Canada.By 1920, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) had issued charters to more than 50 clerical unions.In 1942, the locals banded together to form the International Council of Office Employee Unions.OPEIU Canadian delegates to the international convention, meeting in Bal Harbor, Florida, withdrew from the proceedings and formed their own national union—the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union (COPE).
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