Unions of professionals affiliated with the Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO (DPE) were once again busy organizing in 2024. From visual effects artists in California to educators in Virginia to fire fighters in Texas professionals formed new unions to have a say in their pay, benefits, and working conditions. The following includes some of the union professional organizing victories from DPE affiliated unions in 2024:

Arts, Entertainment, and Media Industries

• Casa Bonita, cast (Actors’ Equity Association (Equity))

• Disneyland Resort, cast members (Equity)

• Arden Theatre, musicians (American Federation of Musicians (AFM))

• Blue Canvas Orchestra, musicians (AFM)

• Colorado Music Festival, musicians (AFM)

• Ballet Austin, dancers (American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA))

• Dallas Black Dance Theatre, dancers (AGMA)

• Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale (AGMA)

• Casa Bonita, crew (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE))

• 2K’s Motion Capture (MoCap) Studio (IATSE)

• Apple TV, visual effects artists (IATSE)

• Atlantic Theater, crew (IATSE)

• Avatar, visual effects artists (IATSE)

• BIRD IN HAND, crew (IATSE)

• Guthrie Theater, front-facing crew (IATSE)

• Hairspray, touring crew (IATSE)

• Little Shop of Horrors, production employees (IATSE)

• Mercury Ballroom, stagehands (IATSE)

• Minneapolis Children’s Theatre, front of house, ticketing staff, and public-facing workers (IATSE)

• National Sawdust, ushers (IATSE)

• Oregon Shakespeare Festival, box office workers (IATSE)

• Public Theater, crew (IATSE)

• Riverside Theatre, full-time stage technicians (IATSE)

• Saturday Night Live, visual effects professionals (IATSE)

• Target Center (home of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx), audio and video crew  (IATSE)

• Titanique, production employees (IATSE)

• Intimacy Coordinators (Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA))

• OPB and KMHD, content creators (SAG-AFTRA)

• Power 99 FM (SAG-AFTRA)

• WFYI (SAG-AFTRA)

• WJET-TV, on-air employees (SAG-AFTRA)

• WLRN-FM, content creators (SAG-AFTRA)

• CBS News Digital, writers and editors (Writers Guild of America East (WGAE))

• Lemonada Media, producers and engineers (WGAE)

• RadicalMedia (WGAE)

• Sesame Workshop, animation and new media writers (WGAE)

Aviation

• 15 F-35 instructor pilots and simulator technicians (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM))

Education

• Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), faculty (AFM)

• Aramark Educational Services (AFT)

• Baltimore City Community College, faculty (American Federation of Teachers (AFT))

• Bennington College, faculty and staff (AFT)

• Brooklyn Prospect Clinton Hill Middle School Charter (AFT)

• California College of the Arts, faculty (AFT)

• Capital City Public Charter School, DC (AFT)

• Chesapeake County Community College, full-time faculty (AFT)

• Citizens of the World Charter School (AFT)

• Codman Academy Charter School (AFT)

• Community Charter School of Cambridge (AFT)

• Community College of Baltimore County (AFT)

• CTU, resident teachers (AFT)

• District of Columbia International School (AFT)

• Dynamic Educational Systems (AFT)

• Fairfax County Public Schools, teachers and other employees (AFT)

• Hagerstown Community College, full-time faculty (AFT)

• King Center Charter School (AFT)

• Lycee Francais (AFT)

• Mary Cariola Children's Center (AFT)

• Neighborhood House Charter School (AFT)

• New Mexico School for the Deaf (AFT)

• NYC DOE Public Schools, facilities staff, area managers, and school plant managers (AFT)

• Paul Cuffee Charter School Lower (AFT)

• Paul Cuffee Charter School Upper (AFT)

• Prince George’s Community College, faculty (AFT)

• Rogers Park Montessori, teachers and teaching assistants (AFT)

• Rutgers University, OIT employees (AFT)

• Second City, teachers, facilitators, and cast members (AFT)

• UIC, research assistants (AFT)

• UIS, contingent faculty (AFT)

• University of Kansas, faculty (AFT)

• University of Michigan-Flint, full-time faculty (AFT)

• University of Montana, graduate employees (AFT)

• Washtenaw Educational Options Consortium (AFT)

• Westinghouse Arts Academy Charter School, teachers and support staff (AFT)

• Whatcom Community College (AFT)

• The Winchendon School, NYC (AFT)

• Bucknell University, resident assistants Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU))

• Drexel University, resident assistants (OPEIU)

• Emerson College, resident assistants (OPEIU)

• Georgetown University, resident assistants (OPEIU)

• Madison Montessori, teachers (OPEIU)

• Princeton Public School, IT professionals (OPEIU)

• Smith College, library professionals (OPEIU)

• Smith College, undergraduate dining workers (OPEIU)

• Wesleyan University, graduate employees (OPEIU)

• University of Pittsburgh, graduate employees (United Steelworkers (USW))

• University of Pittsburgh, staff (USW)

Federal Government

• Army Enterprise Service Desk, 2nd Signal Brigade, Kaiserslautern, Germany, Information technology employees (American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE))

• Defense Health Agency, Indo-Pacific region, employees (AFGE)

• Veterans Integrated Service Network 4 (AFGE)

• Soldier Support Institute (SSI), employees at Fort Jackson (IAM)

Garden and Museum

• Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden (IAM)

• Frick Pittsburgh Museums and Gardens (USW)

• Pittsburgh Children’s Museum (USW)

Healthcare

• Central Vermont Medical Center (AFT)

• Coschocton Medical Center, LPNs and surgical techs (AFT)

• Detroit Medical Center, resident physicians (AFT)

• Inspira Medical Centers (AFT)

• Laboratory Corporation of America, Oregon and Southwest Washington (AFT)

• Legacy Emanuel, behavioral health techs (AFT)

• Legacy Clinics (AFT)

• Montana State Hospital, nurse practitioners (AFT)

• OHSU Hospital, nurse practitioners (AFT)

• Parsons Child and Family Center (AFT)

• PeaceHealth (AFT)

• Pioneer Memorial Hospital, RNs and LPNs (AFT)

• Porter Medical Center (AFT)

• Providence Health and Services (AFT)

• Providence Benedictine, registered nurses (AFT)

• Providence Cardiac Care (AFT)

• Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital, nurses (AFT)

• Providence Medical Group, nurse practitioners (AFT)

• Providence Portland Medical Center, diagnostic imaging nurses (AFT)

• Queen's Medical Center (AFT)

• St. Charles’ hospitals, Oregon, nurse case managers (AFT)

• Tuality Healthcare, registered nurses (AFT)

• University of Maryland Medical Center (AFT)

• United Methodist Communities, registered nurses (AFT)

• University of Michigan Medical Center, behavioral health employees (AFT)

• University of Michigan Medicine, lab techs (AFT)

• University of Michigan Medicine, LPNs and techs (AFT)

• University of New Mexico (UNM) Sandoval Regional Medical Center (SRMC), hospital employees (AFT)

• University of Vermont Medical Center (AFT)

• Virginia Mason Medical Center, nurses (AFT)

• Warren Township, counselors, interventionists, psychologist (AFT)

• WMU Medical Center, resident physicians (AFT)

• CVS Omnicare Las Vegas, pharmacy professionals (IAM)

• Wexner Medical Center, patient care associates (IAM)

• CareResource Hawaii (OPEIU)

• Jefferson University, standardized patients (OPEIU)

• Queens Medical Center, transfer call center and mail room employees (OPEIU)

• Providence Health and Services, Western Washington, Medical Center Everett (OPEIU)

• Valley Medical Center, oncology coordinators (OPEIU)

• AMR - Riverside, registered nurses (USW)

• Danville, Pennsylvania, pediatric specialty care workers (USW)

• Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation, LGBTQIA+ service providers (counselors, attorney, social workers) (USW)

• Logan Regional Medical Center (USW)

• Squirrel Hill Health Center (USW)

• UP Health System – Marquette (USW)

Library

• Athens County Public Library, librarians and library employees (AFT)

• Montana State Library, librarians (AFT)

• Upper Arlington Public Library, librarians and library workers (AFT)

Nonprofit

• Kaleidoscope Youth Center (AFT)

• Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin (AFT)

• Vermont Legal Aid (AFT)

• Austin Pets Alive! (IAM)

• Federation of American Scientists (IAM)

• Casey Trees (IAM)

• City of Bridges Community Land Trust (International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT))

• Brilliant Corners (OPEIU)

• Center for Policing Equity (OPEIU)

• CLASP (OPEIU)

• Disability Rights Washington (OPEIU)

• Friends of the Youth (OPEIU)

• Health and Medicine Policy Research Group (OPEIU)

• IRC, Atlanta (OPEIU)

• IRC, Abilene (OPEIU)

• IRC, Denver (OPEIU)

• IRC, Oakland (OPEIU)

• IRC, San Jose (OPEIU)

• IRC, Turlock (OPEIU)

• Planned Parenthood Keystone (OPEIU)

• SAGE employees (OPEIU)

• San Diego Pride (OPEIU)

• Speech and Language Development Center, Inc. (OPEIU)

• Student Borrower Protection Center (OPEIU)

Fire Fighters and Emergency Services

• Appleton International Airport Fire Department, fire fighters and captains (International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF))

• Atlanta Fire Rescue, fire fighters (IAFF)

• Pro-Tec fire fighters, lieutenants, and captains, San Antonio, Texas (IAFF)

• Rural Metro, Volkswagen, Chattanooga, fire fighters (IAFF)

• Warfield Air National Guard Base on Martin State Airport, fire fighters (IAFF)

• Borough of North Arlington EMTs (OPEIU)

School Administrators

• Sweetwater Union High School District, principals and assistant principals (American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA))

• Fairfax County, principals, supervisors, and administrators (AFSA)

Science and Technology

• Truetimber, Richmond, Virginia, arborists (IAM)

• Tempus AI, lab employees (IAM)

State and Local Government

• City of Boston, Planning and Development Office, professionals (USW)

Utility

• Louisville, Ohio (Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA))

• City of Bordentown, New Jersey (UWUA)

• Village of Bosque Farms, Albuquerque, New Mexico (UWUA)

• Precision Pipeline Solutions (UWUA)

• Upper Sandusky Service Department, water, wastewater and streets/sanitation employees (UWUA)

• Carroll Electric Cooperative, linemen, crew leaders, staking engineers, mechanics, meter readers, meter technicians and warehouse coordinators (UWUA)