July 15, 2022

I would like to re-introduce myself to you all. I am Danielle Chau and I am taking over as your main Labor Representative for the OC Sanitation District. I have worked on multiple rounds of negotiations with your OC San Bargaining Team and look forward to working with you all again.

July 15, 2022

On June 29, 2022, OCEA labor representatives and your District Attorney Stewards (Mary Hunter, Joanna Burchell, Alicia Lopez, and Luis Arevalo) met with District Attorney Todd Spitzer, Chief Assistant District Attorney Shawn Nelson, Executive Director of Administration Glenn Robinson, and Director of Operations Matt Pettit to discuss the future of telework in the DA’s office.

July 8, 2022

AMEA was recently made aware of concerns related to workload and training at the Housing Department.

July 5, 2022

Voting is now open to ratify the Tentative Agreement. Please cast your vote to ACCEPT or REJECT the Tentative Agreement HERE. Voting will be open from 8 a.m. Tuesday, July 5 until 5 p.m. Thursday, July 7 via SurveyMonkey. You can only vote one time, and once your vote is cast you cannot change it. Please remember: ONLY MEMBERS CAN VOTE.

July 1, 2022

Your AMEA negotiations team continues to fight for a fair contract, and we wanted to provide you with a quick update on the status of negotiations.

June 30, 2022

On Monday, your bargaining team met again with OCFA management. In a continued display of the disregard for the struggles that you and your family have faced with higher inflation and gas prices, OCFA has not changed ​its proposal of ​a total of 1.25% for a two-year contract (0.625% per year). Additionally, while management has ​stated that ​it would like input for a classification and compensation study, it has rejected our demand for a guarantee that nobody has their salaries frozen as a result of the outcome of that study.

June 29, 2022

We are happy to announce that the Garden Grove City Council voted unanimously to adopt the Tentative Agreements with the City reached by the League and GGCEA! Members of both the League and Association voted to ratify the Tentative Agreement earlier in the week, clearing the way for last night's Council action.

June 28, 2022

My name is Adele Tagaloa. I am a Vote Center Site Lead at the Orange County Registrar of Voters Office. I have been an OCEA member since I began my full-time County employment, and I became a Steward in 2012. I serve on the OCEA Board of Directors as the Union’s Secretary—and I am a proud member of OCEA!

June 27, 2022

At our last CFS Caseload Management Forum, we implemented a new structure that focuses on one or two specific programs per month. These meetings are intended to identify ways to improve caseload metrics and to implement improvements for workers. The focus of our June 15 meeting was Court Services.

June 24, 2022

The deadline to apply for the AMEA Scholarship is Thursday, June 30! Fight the rising cost of college and apply today!

June 24, 2022

Thank you to those who attended our urgent membership meeting on Wednesday. Throughout the negotiations process your bargaining team has consistently fought for your priorities at the table.

June 22, 2022

Your Negotiations Team met again with the City on June 15 where we received a response to the proposal we submitted on June 1.

June 22, 2022

Your coalition bargaining team representing the Garden Grove Employees League and Garden Grove City Employees Association has reached a tentative agreement on the terms and conditions of a new Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Garden Grove.

June 20, 2022

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Wednesday, June 15, for our membership meeting and to meet your OCEA Sanitation District Negotiations Team. At the meeting we discussed the results of the member survey which we used to inform our bargaining strategy.

June 20, 2022

Thank you to those of you who joined our urgent meeting today to discuss the current status of negotiations. This morning we had a negotiations session with the District and we appear to be closing in on reaching a tentative agreement.