Welcome to OPEIU Local 174

The Office and Professional Employees International Union was chartered in 1945 by the American Federation of Labor. At the time of its founding, the membership of the Union numbered 22,000.  The Union now counts 145,000 members and is one of the larger unions in the AFL-CIO. As it moves into its 57th year of chartered existence, the OPEIU has local unions functioning throughout the fifty states, as well as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia

The Union represents and bargains for both private and public sector professional and semiprofessional workers laboring in most of the major industries in the United States. The OPEIU is also affiliated with a number of state and national professional organizations.

OPEIU members work in industries varied as motion picture industry, banking, insurance, universities, shipping, hospitals and nursing homes, utilities, transportation, manufacturing, paper companies, hotels and many more. They are in positions as varied as computer programmers and operators, engineers, secretaries, nurses, accountants, attorneys, transit supervisors, security guards, bank tellers, administrative aides, quality control personnel, doctors, models, police and others.


Who We Represent:

OPEIU Local 174 is the Motion Picture Industry Union representing over 1700 workers employed in administrative support positions employed at Universal Studios, Uni Music Group, Universal Television, Fox Studios, Warner Bros Studios, Warner Bros. Studio Facilities, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Motion Picture Health and Pension Plan, Cinematographers Guild Administration, Secretly Music Group, IATSE Training Trust Fund and Walt Disney Enterprises

OPEIU Local 174 members have gained major through the collective bargaining process in:

Wage Increases, Medical Benefits, Pension Benefits, Overtime Pay, Vacation Leave, Sick Leave, Representation, Grievance and Arbitration, Temporary Job Placement and Job Referral Service.

Latest News

Universal City Studies and Universal Network Television: Contract was Voted Down

  • 3 April 2025
  • Author: Mary Flynn
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March Newsletter

  • 3 April 2025
  • Author: Mary Flynn
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WB Theatrical, you got a contract!

  • 3 April 2025
  • Author: Mary Flynn
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Pet Care Discounts

  • 2 April 2025
  • Author: Mary Flynn
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Union Plus helps care for your furry friends:

  • Savings on pet insurance for accidents and illnesses.
  • Discounts on pet medications and veterinary care.
  • Resources for affordable pet boarding and grooming.

Discover Pet Care Benefits

Cesar Chavez Day

  • 31 March 2025
  • Author: Mary Flynn
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This Monday, we celebrate and honor the legacy of one of the great labor leaders of the 20th century: Cesar Chavez, a man who helped build and lead a movement that continues to this day.

Several states, including California, recognize Chavez’s birthday – March 31 – as Cesar Chavez Day, an official state holiday. The date also has federal significance: In 2014, President Barack Obama declared it to be a federal commemorative holiday, and it has been observed as such ever since. 

But who was Chavez? 

Born March 31, 1927, on a small family homestead outside Yuma, Arizona, Chavez began his lifelong passion for community organizing in San Jose in 1952. Ten years later, he moved to Delano and founded the National Farm Workers Association, which would go on to become United Farm Workers.

Now, three decades after his passing, on his 98th birthday, the labor movement is coming together once again in Delano to march in honor of Chavez’s memory and in solidarity with the immigrant workers who make America work “con estas manos” (“with these hands”).

Whether they drive our buses, grow our food, clean our homes or heal our sick, America would not work without the immigrants who have made it home. 

This march – a collaboration of the California Federation of Labor Unions, United Farm Workers and SEIU California – will include workers from around the state and across many industries as they come together to rally in solidarity with our immigrant brothers and sisters. 

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OPEIU Local 174 Current Leadership  

Lupe Valles, President/Business Manager

Marcia Alvarez, Vice President/Motion Picture Pension & Health Plan 

Richard Rosen, Secretary Treasurer/ ex. Warner Bros. Operations and Business Representative 

Michael Kanyer, Recording Secretary- Universal Studios 

Robert Kiel, ex. Trustee Sony Pictures

Jack McCrone, ex. MPIPHP

Mary Fujita, ex. Fox Studio Lot

Maria Smith, ex. Universal Television Network

Local 174 is restructuring so that we can overcome the challenges in the rapid development and adoption of technology we are faced with in our industry. We must be able to adapt to these changes so it is important that Local 174 move towards the modern way of communications. In the near future, we will be moving towards the elimination of mailings and posting all membership meeting notices on the website. All activity happening in  your union will also be posted on the website so please be sure you visit www.opeiu174.org. for updates. We are  are also moving towards creating google platforms so you are aware of what is happening at the bargaining table .   

We are looking forward to partnering with you on changing the face of this Local by Organizing New Members and Mobilizing our Membership. Your involvement is crucial, so we are asking all members to be actively involved in Membership Meetings, Shop Steward Trainings, and Contract Bargaining Committees.  If you have not updated you personal email and phone number, please do so by filling out the contact information on this website. 


 

 

 


Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s “compromise” to extend enhanced unemployment insurance by just one week is an insult to working people struggling to make ends meet. Call your senators today at (866) 832-1560 and tell them to protect working people and pass the HEROES Act.

Online Due Payment

Local 174 Meetings

Third Wednesday on the months of January, April, July,  and October.

Member Benefits

Union Plus Mortgages

 

 

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Contact Us
Local 174 Office

3100 W. Burbank Blvd., Suite 203
Burbank, CA 91505
Telephone 818-842-5572 


Office Hours: 9:00AM - 5:00PM