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Website Updated: 07/01/2009







 

 
The Department for Professional Employees (DPE) is a coalition of 24 national unions representing over four million professional and technical employees. DPE unions represent professionals in over three hundred occupations in many sectors including: healthcare and education; science, engineering and technology; journalism, professional and technical people in the U.S.
 

To see DPE activities over the last four years, click HERE for the DPE Quadrennial Report to the General Board 2005-2009.

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Welcome: President Almeida's messageProfessional and technical workers are today the fastest growing occupational groups in our nation. Their explosive growth over the past two decades has brought into sharp focus a host of work/life problems and challenges faced every day by these hard working individuals. Lack of respect on the job, excessive hours of work, inadequate pension, health care and other benefits, insufficient time for family commitments, and job insecurity are but a few of their pressing issues. More...

Items of Interest

Supreme Court Clears Way for Wider Use of DVR
Editorial: Insurance Company Schemes
Letter to the Editor: A Fair Reward to Radio Artists
Rethinking Gender Bias in Theater
National Endowment for the Arts Announces Highlights from 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts
Editorial: Pilots and Fatigue
Why LGBTs Should Care About Unions
AFTRA, AFM Call for ‘Fair Play for Air Play’
Print Books Are Target of Pirates on the Web
Unemployment LifeLine: Working America, AFL-CIO
 

Archives...

DPE NewsLine
June 2009 Issue
  • Professionals for the Public Interest Goes Public
  • DPE in the News
  • DPE Signs On
May 2009 Issue
April 2009 Issue
March 2009 Issue

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Breaking News
06/28/2009 Washington Public Schools Hire Some Foreign Teachers
06/28/2009 NYC Hit By Nerd Job Rob
06/26/2009 Republicans Focus on Guest Workers in Immigration Debate
06/23/2009 Despite Recession, Demand for Skilled Labor is High
06/23/2009 Editorial: Paycheck Fairness
06/19/2009 A Literary Legend Fights For a Ventura County Library
06/19/2009 Firefighters See Cuts Eroding Safety
06/10/2009 French Council Defangs Plan to Crack Down on Internet Piracy
06/09/2009 Screen Actors Approve New Hollywood Contract
06/01/2009 Michigan State Nontenure-Track Faculty Vote for AFT
05/27/2009 Unions and Publishers Join to Fight Piracy
05/22/2009 SAG, AFTRA Members Ratify Commercials Pact
05/20/2009 Professionals for the Public Interest Launches: DPE President Paul E. Almeida Opens Event (video of his comments)
05/18/2009 In New York, Mrs. Obama Praises Arts as Vital to U.S.
05/12/2009 Producer is Chosen to Lead Arts Endowment
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DPE unions represent these workers

 
The Department for Professional Employees (DPE) comprises 24 unions representing four million professional, technical and administrative support workers in hundreds of occupations. Over 350 are listed here. Click on your occupation to see if it is represented. With unions organizing professionals everyday, this list is constantly expanding. Workers in your occupation may be represented by one or more of our affiliates. To learn about our affiliates, we invite you to take a look at the affiliate profiles.
 

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