OPEIU Local 251 is excited to report an agreement has been reached with Sandia pending membership ratification. We spent the entire day with the mediator yesterday and he was a valuable asset in helping both parties come to an agreement. It is not exactly what we wanted, but it is also not what Sandia wanted. We came a long way to meet in the middle.

Every worker deserves that much along with decent compensation and a safe and healthy work environment. By joining together with your co-workers you can build an employee organization that gives you a real say over your job, puts you on more equal footing with your employer and ensures a better economic future for you and your co-workers.

Your right to form a union is protected by long-standing U.S. labor laws. While most employers use all kinds of excuses why unions aren’t needed and put up challenges to block organizing efforts, workers succeed every day in building powerful employee organizations.