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 90,000 members and is one of the larger unions in the AFL-CIO. As it moves into its 81st year of chartered existence, the OPEIU has local unions functioning throughout the fifty states, as well as 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, and others.

Who Local 174 Represents:

OPEIU Local 174 is the Motion Picture Industry Union representing over 900 workers In California, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and Indiana who are employed at Universal Studios, Universal Television Network, Universal Studios Hollywood, Fox Lot, Warner Bros Studios, Warner Bros. Studio Operations, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Walt Disney Enterprises, Motion Picture Health and Pension Plan. IASTE Cinematographers Guild Local 600, IATSE Training Trust Fund, Secretly Music Group, Universal Music Group, and Code for America.  

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,

Latest News

Read the OPEIU CONNECT Summer Issue Online!

Local 174 made the issue!

  • 29 July 2025
  • Author: Mary Flynn
  • Number of views: 620
Your union magazine, OPEIU CONNECT, is available now to read in both English and Spanish at opeiu.org


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Adventure Island Tampa Discount for your Family Vacation

  • 29 July 2025
  • Author: Mary Flynn
  • Number of views: 568
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: 722

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: 558
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: 567
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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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

General Membership Meetings are held January, April, July and October. In person meetings are held in January and July at the IATSE Local 80 Stage 1,  2520 W. Olive Ave, Burbank , CA 91505  at 6:30 pm. Virtual meeting are held October and April on Saturday Mornings.

Request Office Hours with Secretary Treasurer Richard Rosen to discuss membership dues: 
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Local 174 Office

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


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