Professionals Across the Country Organized with DPE Affiliated Unions in 2025

Professionals continued organizing with unions affiliated with the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO (DPE) in 2025. From stagehands in Delaware to nurses in Oregon, professionals across industries and occupations gained a voice in their workplaces to improve pay, benefits, and working conditions. Below are highlights of union organizing victories achieved by DPE affiliated unions in 2025:

Arts, Entertainment, and Media Industries

• Newport Symphony Orchestra (Oregon), musicians (AFM)

• Vista Philharmonic Orchestra (Massachusetts), musicians (AFM)

• Dayton Ballet (Ohio), dancers (AGMA)

• Handel and Haydn Society (Boston), choristers (AGMA)

• Arizona Theatre Company, carpenters, electricians, scenic and costume shop workers, as well as professionals in paints, props, lighting, sound, wardrobe, and hair/makeup (IATSE)

• Casa Bonita (Colorado), table assistants, table attendants, bartenders, and guest services (IATSE)

• Casa Bonita (Colorado), arcade employees (IATSE)

• Chicago Razzle Dazzle II LLC, road crew, stage and wardrobe professionals (IATSE)

• City Winery Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), production staff (IATSE)

• Empire Technical Fabrication (New Jersey), shop employees (IATSE)

• Gorham Street Productions (Wisconsin) (IATSE)

• House of Blues Houston (Texas), lighting, sound, video, carpentry, props, stage management, hospitality, freight, and backstage coordination (IATSE)

• Kaman’s Art Shoppes (California) (IATSE)

• Lighting Design Group (New York), designers, coordinators, draftspeople, and assistants (IATSE)

• Planet Hollywood Hotel & Casino (Nevada), audio visual technicians (IATSE)

• Program Productions (Ohio), technicians (IATSE)

• Showbox Market and Showbox SoDo (Washington), stagehands and technicians (IATSE)

• Spiegelworld’s Atomic Saloon Show (Nevada), production crewmembers (IATSE)

• The Fillmore Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), food and beverage employees (IATSE)

• The Grand Opera House (Delaware), stagehands, wardrobe staff, audio and video technicians, electricians, carpenters, and properties personnel (IATSE)

• The Juilliard School (New York), production crewmembers (IATSE)

• The Loft (Arizona), theater staff and film projection, purchasing, and operations employees (IATSE)

• World Cafe Live (Pennsylvania), audio, lighting, and video production employees and stagehands (IATSE)

• Program Productions Inc., technicians (IBEW)

• CBS News Boston (Massachusetts), digital staff (SAG-AFTRA)

• Northwest Public Broadcasting (Washington), content creators (SAG-AFTRA)

• COURIER (New York and Washington, D.C.), reporters, editors, designers, and social media managers (WGAE)

• Fred Rogers Production and Spiffy Pictures, writers (WGAE)

• Lucky 8 (New York), nonfiction creative professionals (WGAE)

• PS (formerly POPSUGAR) (New York), editorial employees (WGAE)

Benefits

• Zenith (California), special projects team (OPEIU)

Education

• Arlington Supervisors and Administrators (Virginia) (AFSA)

• Beverly School Administrators and Directors Association (Massachusetts) (AFSA)

• Fairfax County Federation of Principals, Supervisors and Administrators (Virginia) (AFSA)

• New London Administrators Education Association (Connecticut) (AFSA)

• United Professional Educators (California) (AFSA)

• Arts & College Preparatory Academy (Ohio), educators and staff (AFT)

• Breakthrough Montessori Public Charter School (Washington, D.C.), teachers and staff (AFT)

• Francis Parker School (California), assistant teachers (AFT)

• Lockport School District (New York) (AFT)

• Michigan State University Extension (AFT)

• Nazareth University (New York) (AFT)

• Nevada State University, faculty (AFT)

• New Foundations K-8 Charter School (Pennsylvania), faculty and staff (AFT)

• Ohio University, faculty (AFT)

• Paul Cuffee Charter School Middle School (Rhode Island), faculty and staff (AFT)

• Socorro School District (Texas), paraprofessionals and school-related personnel (AFT)

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, research assistants (AFT)

• University of Michigan, student and instructional services staff (AFT)

• Fordham University (New York), resident assistants (OPEIU)

• Temple University (Pennsylvania), resident assistants (OPEIU)

• University of Illinois - Chicago (UIC), resident assistants (RAs), desk workers, desk managers, peer mentors and senior leadership assistants (OPEIU) 

• University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), graduate workers (USW)

Federal Sector

• Geologist hydrologists, chemist physical scientists, engineers, biologists, and archeologists (IAM)

Garden and Museum

• Norfolk Botanical Gardens (Virginia) (IAM)

Healthcare

• Bozeman Health Big Sky Medical Center (Montana), nurses (AFT)

• Brattleboro Memorial Hospital (Vermont) (AFT)

• Labcorp (Oregon), technicians (AFT)

• Legacy Clinics (Oregon), nurses and case managers (AFT)

• Legacy Emanuel (Oregon), nurses (AFT)

• Legacy Go Health Advanced (Oregon), practice providers (AFT)

• Legacy Good Samaritan (Oregon), nurses (AFT)

• Legacy Health (Oregon), resource/float pool nurses (AFT)

• Legacy Randall Children's Hospital (Oregon), nurse

• Mary Bridge Children's Hospital (Washington), physicians (AFT)

• Metro Behavioral Health (Ohio), nurses (AFT)

• Northwestern Medical Center (Vermont), nurses (AFT)

• Partners in Home Care (Montana) (AFT)

• Providence St. Patrick Cancer Center (Oregon) , nurses (AFT)

• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (New Jersey), medical faculty (AFT)

• University of Vermont, techs (AFT)

• Vermont (UVM) Health Network Home Health & Hospice (AFT)

• MultiCare Home Health & Hospice (IAM)

• Allegheny Reproductive Health Center (Pennsylvania) (OPEIU)

• Dynamic Workforce Solutions (Ohio) (OPEIU)

• McLaren Greater Lansing DeWitt Clinic (Michigan) (OPEIU)

• Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio (OPEIU)

• Queen's Medical Center (Hawaii), respiratory therapists (OPEIU)

Library

• Delaware County District Library (Ohio) (AFT)

Nonprofit

• Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Washington, D.C.) (IFPTE)

• US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (IFPTE)

• Carnegie Institute for Peace (Washington, D.C.) (IFPTE)

• If Not Now (IFPTE)

• Demos (New York) (OPEIU)

• Family Values at Work (Wisconsin) (OPEIU)

• IRC Silver Spring (Maryland) (OPEIU)

• IRC Baltimore (Maryland) (OPEIU)

• IRC Seattle (Washington) (OPEIU)

• IRC Salt Lake City (Utah) (OPEIU)

• IRC Elizabeth (New Jersey) (OPEIU)

• Kinnect (Ohio) (OPEIU)

• Lifewire (Washington) (OPEIU)

• Little Village Environmental Organization (Illinois) (OPEIU)

• Mosaic Family Services (Texas) (OPEIU)

• Oregon Tilth (Oregon) (OPEIU)

• Pathfinders Milwaukee (Wisconsin) (OPEIU)

• Sesame Workshop (New York) (OPEIU)

• Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC) (California), desk clerks (OPEIU)

• Uptown People's Law Center (Illinois) (OPEIU)

• Center for Fiction (New York), booksellers, baristas, assistant café managers, facilities assistants, library assistants, administrative and program staff, inventory managers, and others (RWDSU)

Other

• American Ordnance (Iowa), radiographers (IAM)

Retail

• Reconsidered Goods (North Carolina) (RWDSU)

• REI Greensboro (North Carolina) (RWDSU)

State and Local Government

• City of Vancouver (Washington), city planners (OPEIU)

Utility

• Allendale Charter Township (New Jersey) (UWUA)

• Dorel Juvenile (UWUA)

• DTE Vantage (Michigan), biomass plant operators (UWUA)

• Elizabethtown Gas (New Jersey), dispatchers (UWUA)

• Maine Natural Gas (UWUA)

• SEIU Communications Center (UWUA)

• Vestas (Michigan), wind technicians (UWUA)