FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                        CONTACT: Nicole Korkolis
                                                                                                OPEIU Director of Communication,
                                                                                                Education and Research
                                                                        New York, NY (March 9, 2016) – The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO, today announces its endorsement of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election for president of the United States.
 
“Our country’s chief executive should be someone who is experienced in both domestic and foreign affairs and someone who understands and prioritizes the needs of working families,” said OPEIU President Richard Lanigan.  “Hillary Clinton has this experience and the OPEIU Executive Board has determined that of all the candidates, she is by far the most qualified to lead our nation.
 
“We urge our members to make sure to vote in all primaries and to work as volunteers on her historic campaign to get out the vote,” he continued.
 
OPEIU’s 103,000 members represent a cross-section of America’s workers, both employees and independent contractors working in administrative offices, hospitals and medical facilities, hotels, and in the fields of nursing, insurance, higher education, transportation, among other industries. 
 
The Executive Board carefully considered the candidates’ position on key issues of importance to OPEIU members before making the decision to endorse Clinton, chief among them rebuilding the labor movement through labor law reform and protection of workers’ right to join unions, income inequality, raising the minimum wage, retirement security, student loan debt, and the need for campaign finance reform.
 
ABOUT OPEIU
 
The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) represents more than 103,000 members in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada.  OPEIU represents employees and independent contractors in administrative offices, credit unions, hospitals and medical clinics, insurance, higher education, transportation, shipping, utilities, hotels and more.
 
Professional organizations and Guilds affiliated with OPEIU are a diverse group that includes podiatrists, registered nurses, clinical social workers, teachers, Minor League Baseball umpires, and helicopter pilots.
 

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Hillary for America
March 9, 2016

Hillary Clinton Statement on the Endorsement of The Office and Professional Employees International Union

Hillary Clinton released the following statement after earning the endorsement of the The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO. The OPEIU represents over 110,000 workers from all 50 states. Clinton now has the endorsement of 25 national labor unions or labor alliances representing more than 13 million employees.
 
“I am honored to have again earned the endorsement of The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU).
 
OPEIU and their members make our economy run. American workers built the middle class by fighting for higher wages, retirement security, and the right to collectively bargain. Now, working families are under attack by Republicans who want to strip workers of their hard-won rights and keep stacking the deck for those at the top.  

As President, I will stand up for workers and fight attacks on collective bargaining.  I will fight to protect retirement security and finally secure equal pay for women and paid family leave for all—because when unions are strong, families are strong, and when families are strong, America is strong.”