OCEA News
Information is power, and OCEA members receive regular email, text and social media updates about workplace issues and news. Many of those emails are archived below.
YLWDEA Members: Your 5% Wage Increase Arrives in July
July 18, 2025
You recently received a 5% increase effective the first pay period of July as negotiated by OCEA in your current MOU.
FMA Members: Your 4% Wage Increase Arrives in July
July 18, 2025
You'll soon see a 4% increase in your paycheck in the first full pay period after July 1, 2025. This is the third raise in your four-year agreement.
BCEA Members: Your 3% Wage Increase Arrives in July
July 18, 2025
You'll soon see a 3% increase effective the first full pay period after July 1, 2025. This raise is part of the multi-year agreement your BCEA team negotiated.
YLEA Members: Your 3% Wage Increase Arrives in July
July 18, 2025
You'll soon receive a 3% increase effective the first pay period of July as negotiated by OCEA in your current MOU.
SEA Members: Your 3% Wage Increase Arrives in July
July 18, 2025
You'll soon see a 3% increase in your paycheck in the first full pay period in July 2025. This raise continues the steady compensation improvements your SEA team negotiated.
FMEF Members: Your 4% Wage Increase Arrives in July
July 18, 2025
You'll soon see a 4% increase in your paycheck in the first full pay period after July 1, 2025. This is the third raise in your four-year agreement.
MNWDEA Members: Your 5% Wage Increase Arrives in July
July 18, 2025
You'll soon see a 5% increase in your paycheck beginning the first pay period of July 2025.
OCWDEA Members: Your 4.5% Wage Increase Arrives in July
July 18, 2025
You'll receive a 4.5% increase effective the first pay period of July. This is the final raise in your five-year agreement, capping off steady compensation growth.
LBMEA Members: Your 3.5% Wage Increase Arrives in July
July 18, 2025
You'll soon see a 3.5% increase in your paycheck beginning the first pay period of July 2025. This represents the first raise in your current MOU.
Important OMEA Membership Meeting – Tentative Agreement or LBFO Ratification Vote
July 15, 2025
We are holding an important membership meeting on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, to provide the latest updates on negotiations and review the package that will be put to a ratification vote.
PCEA Negotiations Update: July 14, 2025
July 14, 2025
As you may know, your PCEA negotiations team is currently negotiating your next MOU. We met with the City for the first time July 1, 2025, where we presented our first proposal.
Superior Court Site Visit Days: July 16-Aug. 27, 2025
July 3, 2025
OCEA will be on site at each Justice Center to meet with OCEA Members and answer any questions you have including upcoming OCEA Health & Welfare Trust Open Enrollment (Sept. 2-19, 2025) and information about current 2025 negotiations.
BEWARE: Anti-Union Group Up to Their Old Tricks
July 3, 2025
Like clockwork, every few years members of an anti-union organization called the Freedom Foundation contact local union members urging them to break solidarity and abandon their union brothers and sisters. Recently, this group, which operates outside of California, sent misleading mailers and email messages to public employees across Orange County.
OC San Negotiations Update: July 2, 2025
July 2, 2025
First, I want to thank you for your patience and acknowledge it’s been a while since our last communication to you. I held off on sending an update until we had a clear picture of what is happening. I appreciate your understanding.
Guess Who's Getting a 25% Raise!
June 30, 2025
Last week, the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to give themselves a 25% raise, with Supervisor Katrina Foley providing the only dissenting vote. The County CEO and County Counsel also received significant raises. “Orange County Supervisors Now Make More Than California’s Governor,” the Voice of OC reported.