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.
OCEA Member Update
January 26, 2018
Last week OCEA workplace leaders and staff concluded a successful trip to Sacramento to lobby key members of the legislature.
Fountain Valley Regional’s Sodexo workers to strike over poverty wages
January 25, 2018
The stock market is soaring and the recent federal tax reform bill provided enormous tax breaks to big corporations. But what about the working-class people employed by those corporations? How are they faring? We don’t have to look far to find out.
Retirees in Action Meeting - MONDAY, JAN. 13 at NOON
January 22, 2018
It’s 2020 and OCEA members are starting off the year stronger than ever. Thanks to you and your co-workers, by standing together throughout your years of service, have helped secure fair wages, benefits, and dignity on the job for our 18,000+ members.
Bargaining Update: Jan. 22, 2018
January 22, 2018
Your OCEA bargaining team met for the second time Friday to prepare for our upcoming 2018 contract negotiations. The team is comprised of workplace leaders from bargaining units and agencies across the County, and they stand committed to fight for a fair contract.
OCEA members fighting for a fair budget
January 19, 2018
Standing together to advocate for a fair share of dollars for Orange County’s Court system, OCEA members and workplace leaders met with legislators this week in Sacramento to press our case.
Women's march this Saturday in downtown Santa Ana
January 18, 2018
As you know, there’s been a malfunction in the air conditioning in District Attorney’s 401 building, creating hot and unacceptable working conditions for you and your coworkers.
Animal Care LMC Update
January 17, 2018
Big changes are coming to Animal Care this year with the move to a new, spacious facility. The transition was a big part of the discussion at last week’s Labor Management Committee (LMC) meeting attended on your behalf by your coworkers and OCEA staff.
MLK's Labor Legacy
January 15, 2018
It’s a privilege to write to you on a day when our families and many of our coworkers are able to take some time to reflect on the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his vision for our country.
The first Women’s March was not an ending but a beginning
January 12, 2018
Last year, more than 20,000 women and men converged in Santa Ana and marched in unity through the streets in support of women.
CST and Sr. CST Safety Update
January 11, 2018
As most of you are aware, over the last several months OCEA Labor Relations Representatives Aaron Peardon and Kate Wolf have been out at your worksites hearing directly from you the concerns that impact the CST and Sr. CST classifications.
Looking to 2018 and beyond
January 11, 2018
2017 concluded with OCEA members ratifying our mediated short-term MOU agreement that was the culmination of months of negotiations.
First LMC meeting kicks-off the New Year
January 8, 2018
We are hitting the ground running this New Year with a Labor Management Committee (LMC) meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11 at the Sanitation District.
Free speech shouldn’t require a permit in Brea
December 28, 2017
Every New Year brings new hope for all the possibilities of the year to come, and it’s also a time to move on from mistakes of the past and start anew.
Negotiations Update & MOU Expiration
December 18, 2017
Your bargaining team has been working tirelessly on negotiating a fair contract that respects the work you do each day to keep our community safe.
Middle-class Californians on losing end of tax reform
December 14, 2017
In coming days, the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives appear poised to adopt a Republican tax proposal that could have a dramatic impact on Orange County residents.