October 17, 2022

On Friday, Oct. 14, the OCEA bargaining team and the OC Superior Court met for our sixth negotiations session. If you missed previous negotiations updates, you can review them HERE. During our negotiations session we spent much of the day discussing wages. OCEA is fighting for a fair wage increase for all OCEA members.

October 14, 2022

IT'S ELECTION SEASON! The time to take action and elect candidates who have working families in their minds and hearts is now.

October 13, 2022

Join members of the OCEA negotiations team and staff for an important update on 2022 union negotiations and more.

October 12, 2022

On Friday, Oct. 7, your OCEA Superior Court Negotiations Team met with the OC Superior Court for our fifth negotiations session. Please watch the video above—narrated by OCEA General Manager Charles Barfield—for the full recap. Our team will meet again on Friday, Oct. 14.

October 12, 2022

We need your help and input as we get ready to negotiate our new contract with the district.

October 7, 2022

IT'S ELECTION SEASON and your vote is critical to protecting your economic and job security! Please review the 2022 General Election OCEA Voter Guide below, which features the key races and down-ballot contests where your vote will make a difference for you and your family!

October 3, 2022

On Friday, Sept. 30, the OCEA coalition bargaining team met with the Superior Court bargaining team for our fourth negotiations session.

September 30, 2022

Governor Newsom has signed Assembly Bill 152 (AB 152), which extends 2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave (EPSL) to December 31, 2022. However, AB 152 does not provide additional EPSL hours. Workers will have to use their existing EPSL hours for absences that meet eligibility requirements.

September 30, 2022

Thank you to all Treasurer-Tax Collector members who responded to the follow-up survey and provided feedback on Agency progress regarding vacancies, leadership style, and TTC culture.

September 29, 2022

PROTECT YOUR RETIREMENT SECURITY! The deadline to re-elect Adele Tagaloa to the OCERS Retirement Board is by 9 a.m. THIS TUESDAY, Oct. 4.

September 28, 2022

Thank you to everyone who provided responses to the survey we sent in August aimed at gaining further insight into the current state of HCA from members at various clinics.

September 28, 2022

We’re writing to inform you that California Emergency Paid Sick Leave for COVID-19 will end effective Oct. 1, 2022. This constitutes a significant change to your COVID-19 related leave options. The last pay period you will be able to post EPSL/SPSL will be pay period 21 through Sept. 30, 2022.

September 27, 2022

OCEA is happy to announce we are continuing our group ticket relationship with the Los Angeles Lakers for the upcoming 2022-23 season! Lakers games are presold on a season seat basis, but the Lakers have devised a system with OCEA so that several weekend games will be made available to OCEA members at a reduced ticket price.

September 21, 2022

Because of the solidarity between OCEA and Firefighters Local 3631, the pressure is on OCFA and the JPA Board to negotiate fairly, now more than ever before!

September 21, 2022

It is truly one of the great honors of my life to become your OCEA President. Thank you to the Board of Directors for your belief in me, and to retired President Lezlee Neebe for your steadfast commitment to OCEA’s working families.