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 Local 174 Represents:

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

Read the OPEIU CONNECT Summer Issue Online!

Local 174 made the issue!

  • 29 July 2025
  • Author: Mary Flynn
  • Number of views: 17
Your union magazine, OPEIU CONNECT, is available now to read in both English and Spanish at opeiu.org


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to read exciting news about your union

Adventure Island Tampa Discount for your Family Vacation

  • 29 July 2025
  • Author: Mary Flynn
  • Number of views: 15
Adventure Island Tampa has over 30 acres of fun featuring ten water slides, three splash areas, and a relaxing lazy river. It's the perfect water park for a full day of family fun!

This eTicket entitles you to 1 single-day visit to Adventure Island Tampa during the current season. Check operating schedule before visiting.

After placing your order online, you will receive 2 emails: a confirmation email containing the order details of your purchase, and a second email containing a printable PDF of your Adventure Island Tampa Single Day eTicket.

Download, then print eTicket, or view eTicket on your mobile phone and present at the park for entry. Name on eTicket must match a photo ID upon entry. Orders with multiple eTickets must have at least 1 person present with photo ID for entry.

Adventure Island Tampa
10001 N. McKinley Drive
Tampa, FL 33612

If your visit is affected by weather, please review the park's Weather-or-Not Assurance policy and submit the information requested on this form to request a return visit. 

Get the discount here! https://unionplus.abenity.com/discounts/offer/601:8

15% Off Oil Changes & Service at Over 2,200 Jiffy Lube Locations Nationwide

  • 22 July 2025
  • Author: Mary Flynn
  • Number of views: 32

Important Details

This offer coupon may be printed, or presented on a mobile device without printing. Offer must be presented at time of service.
This offer cannot be combined with any other offer or used in addition to fleet discounts. Only valid at participating Jiffy Lube locations in the United States. Not to be sold, transferred, reproduced or altered in any way. Void where prohibited, taxed or restricted. Cash value 1/100 C. Jiffy Lube and the Jiffy Lube design mark are registered trademarks of Jiffy Lube International, Inc. The Percentage Discount shall not apply to gift card or e-gift card purchases, tires or tire services, batteries or battery services, or any allowances and applicable sales and similar taxes, inspections (including vehicle inspections), regulatory, environmental and other governmental fees, charges and impost.

Learn More Here: https://unionplus.abenity.com/discounts/offer/1:84179

Burbank Energy Rebate Programs

BWP offers many rebates and incentives to Burbank residents for making energy and water-saving upgrades.

  • 15 July 2025
  • Author: Mary Flynn
  • Number of views: 47
Save money all cool down this summer? That's no Brainer! Visit BWP for more information and save today:

https://www.burbankwaterandpower.com/rebates-and-incentives 

Call your California reps to Support AB 288

  • 11 July 2025
  • Author: Mary Flynn
  • Number of views: 54
The year 1935 was a watershed moment for the American Labor Movement.

That was the year Congress passed the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), formally codifying workers’ ability to organize and collectively bargain with their employers. 

In order to protect that right, the NLRA created the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), a five-member board appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. 

The board is charged with hearing worker complaints and mediating negotiations between labor and management in order to avert a strike where possible. When employers stall or delay recognizing their workers as a union, or when there is an impasse in collective bargaining, it falls to the NLRB – a quasi-judicial entity – to adjudicate. 

The law just marked its 90th anniversary, and for nine decades it has provided unions with vital federal protections.

But as you are likely well aware, the NLRB is far from perfect. When anti-union presidents are in power, they can install board members who are hostile to workers’ needs. Or even worse, a union-busting president could simply choose not to appoint anyone to the board at all, denying it a quorum – the minimum number of members needed to enact decisions – and denying justice for workers. 

For years now, under both Democratic and Republican presidents, the NLRB has been sluggish or even non-responsive when dealing with worker complaints. 

Worse, billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, as well as entities ranging from Starbucks to the University of Southern California, have sued to declare the NLRA unconstitutional, which would effectively shatter the NLRB’s authority if the Supreme Court ruled in plaintiffs’ favor. 

This is why legislation like California Assembly Bill 288 is so important. 

Simply put, AB 288 would make it so that when the federal government is nonresponsive to California private sector union petitions – either unable or unwilling to take them up – the state could step in and adjudicate in the federal government’s stead. 

How would it do so? Through the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB). 
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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.

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Local 174 Meetings

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


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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