Office and Professional Employees International Union, Local 12, serves over 2600 members comprising over 100 contracts.

Local 12 is just one of the many OPEIU locals that work to ensure a better and more secure standard of living for employees. We have negotiated countless contracts covering all classifications of professional, office, high-tech series and industrial systems. OPEIU members have scored major gains in a range of areas. These include:

• A grievance procedure
• Guaranteed wage rates
• Regular salary increases
• Job security
• Pension, insurance and dental coverage
• Equal pay for comparable work
• Fair promotion procedures
• Safe and appropriate working conditions
• Improved overtime rates
• Proper job classifications and workloads
• Shorter work weeks
• Longer paid vacations
• Paid maternity and compassionate leaves
• Shift differential
• Educational leave and tuition remission

Your Local 12 representatives are:

• Beth Branca, Business Manager
• Jennifer Burke, Union Representative
• Tom Lonergan, Union Representative
• Latonya Smith, Union Representative
• Lance Lindeman, Union Representative

Your Local 12 Officers are:

• Mary Brown, President
• Betty Jones, Vice President
• Ron Phillips, Secretary-Treasurer.
• Susan Ebeling, Recording Secretary

Your Local 12 Trustees are:

• Pat Atchison
• Carol Ekstrom
• Linda Kennedy

Your Local 12 Sector Representatives are:

• Terrie Bares (Public Utilities)
• OPEN (School Districts)
• Sharice McCain (AFL-CIO Trade Unions)
• Maird Pichotta (Health Facilities)
• Andrea Branson (Health Facilities)
• Bernie Hesse (Misc Units)
• Julie Pearson (Misc Units)
• Susan Bastian (Transportation Services)

Call us at:
651-639-1212 Phone
(877) 562-2512 Toll free
651-639-1210 Fax

Our address is:
2277 Highway 36 W, Suite 150
Roseville, MN 55113