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

Scholarship Alert! - ROMEO CORBEIL/GILLES BEAUREGARD SCHOLARSHIP FUND

“SUMMER CAMP”

  • 3 April 2024
  • Author: Mary Flynn
  • Number of views: 1177
OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION
2024 - ROMEO CORBEIL/GILLES BEAUREGARD
 SCHOLARSHIP FUND
“SUMMER CAMP”

 Fifteen (15) scholarships will be awarded on the basis of at least one (1) per region.
 Applications are selected on a first come, first served basis.
 Applications are open to children (between ages 13 and 16 only) of OPEIU members in good standing
or associate members, all of whom must meet the eligibility requirements and comply with the Rules and
Regulations as established by the OPEIU Executive Board.
 Each scholarship has a total maximum value of $2,200.00.

ELIGIBILITY:
An applicant must be the son, daughter, stepchild, legally adopted child, grandchild, niece, nephew or any other
child that the member is responsible for caring for, including children of domestic partners (between ages 13
and 16 only) of an OPEIU member or associate member, in good standing.
In an effort to provide this rewarding experience to as many members of our OPEIU family as
possible, each child will be eligible to attend this camp one time.

PROCEDURES:
 Each applicant must file an official OPEIU scholarship application.
 Application forms must be endorsed by the Local Union President or Secretary-Treasurer
attesting that a parent or guardian of an applicant is a member or an associate member in good standing
up until date of endorsement - such endorsement must be obtained BEFORE the application is submitted.

FORMS:
Application forms may be obtained:
 from your Local Union office or
 on our web site at www.opeiu.org - once logged into the site, click on OPEIU Member
Resources/OPEIU Membership Benefits link.

APPLICATION:
 All applications must be signed by the member’s Local Union President or Secretary Treasurer before submittal
 to the International Secretary-Treasurer’s Office. Incomplete applications will be returned to the local union
 office. All completed applications are due in the International Secretary-Treasurer’s Office no later than April 30,
 2024.

TIME AND PLACE:
The camp will take place at the The Vines Center, Little Rock, AR. The dates are July 21st, through July
26th, 2024.

SELECTION OF SCHOLARSHIP:
Winners will be selected and notified by email by May 31st, 2024. 

2024 - Camp - RC Rules and Application.pdf
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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.

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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