January 22, 2025

Please join us for the first membership meeting of 2025 where we will discuss upcoming negotiations. OCEA Senior Labor Relations Representative Kerensa Schupmann, our lead negotiator, will present a Negotiations 101 training and open our 2025 GGCEA Negotiations Survey for members to take.

January 21, 2025

As many of you are aware, during the 2023 County negotiations OCEA and the County agreed to form a CFS Labor Management Committee (LMC) to address ongoing challenges faced by CFS social workers. The LMC was intended to create a meaningful space for workers and management to collaborate, share ideas, and find real solutions to some of the most pressing CFS issues. Unfortunately, that objective failed to materialize.

January 14, 2025

We are sure many of you are aware of County Interim CEO Michelle Aguirre’s January 3, 2025, memo outlining certain budget mitigation actions in light of perceived potential County budget shortfalls.

January 9, 2025

The multiple fires across Los Angeles County over the past three days have destroyed thousands of homes and other structures and brought ash and smoke-filled skies to parts of Orange County.

December 31, 2024

As we head into 2025, please take a moment to vote for your next CMCEA Board. Voting will be open until 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. A voting link has been sent to the email address you registered for your OCEA website account.

December 23, 2024

The 2024 election cycle has ended. OCEA members stood shoulder to shoulder and achieved incredible wins for our membership! Thanks to everyone who helped ensure every vote was counted, and that all eligible voters had a chance to be heard!

December 19, 2024

Recently, AMEA was notified that a member in the Anaheim Public Library was denied Temporary Upgrade Pay for work completed due to a “new policy."

December 10, 2024

Due to an issue with our website, there was a period between October and November where emails were not being sent to OCEA if you contacted us using the Website Contact Form. That issue has now been resolved.

November 27, 2024

Each year, OCEA’s Board of Directors and Staff celebrate OCEA’s Stewards with an end-of-the-year awards ceremony to honor their collective achievements and to recognize outstanding individuals who stepped up in big ways for their co-workers and the union.

October 24, 2024

Please join OCEA Labor Representatives on-site from 1 to 3 p.m. and 9 to 11 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2024.

October 17, 2024

Don't miss this public forum where OCERS members can come together to discuss retirement benefits and ask questions.

October 15, 2024

We refuse to negotiate against ourselves for fair wages and better working conditions. We let the City know it needs to promptly come back to HBMEO with its own proposal.

October 10, 2024

THE NOVEMBER ELECTION IS COMING SOON—ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY, NOV. 5! Your ballot should arrive this week. You can vote by mail, drop your ballot off at a local drop-box, or vote in person at a voting center in your community.

October 10, 2024

Over the past several weeks we have taken the worker safety issues at OC Public Libraries directly to the offices of the Board of Supervisors.

October 8, 2024

Get an update on the latest news in the insurance industry and learn how Velece has you back!