Emergency Medical Service (EMS) helicopter pilots, members of Office and Professional Employees (OPEIU [1]) Local 109 [2] and employed by Air Methods Corporation based in Denver, have ratified a new agreement.  The 1,000 pilots operate in 45 states and transport nearly 100,000 patients a year. AMC is the nation’s largest provider of air medical emergency transport services and systems.

Click below to listen to Guild 45 President Dr. John Mattiacci’s interview on Workers Independent News.

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Allstate Agent Group Votes to Affiliate with OPEIU

New York, NY (August 17, 2011) – Members of the National Association of Professional Allstate Agents (NAPAA) voted overwhelmingly to affiliate with the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU), AFL-CIO.

Click here to listen to an interview with Jim Fish, Executive Director of the National Association of Professional Allstate Agents (NAAPA) about their campaign to affiliate with OPEIU.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Congress works to bring down the cost of healthcare delivery and reduce the budget deficit, Senator Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) have introduced critical legislation that would increase access to podiatric care and save billions of dollars in the process. The Equity and Access for Podiatric Physicians Under Medicaid Act