This week! Court negotiations site visits

Dear OCEA Court member,

In our last update on Sept. 19, we reported on our progress in negotiations—tentative agreements in several areas and some movement on wages. We have four more bargaining sessions on the following dates:Oct. 3, 9, 16 and 23. As many of you may know, our current contract with the Court expires on October 24 and your Bargaining Team is making the most of the remaining weeks.

As these sessions progress, it's more important than ever that you and your co-workers are kept up to date on negotiations. I want to thank Court workers who attended today's briefing at North Justice Center. We will be sending out a recap of the visit tomorrow.

Site visits are scheduled at each Court location so we can provide you with updates and answer your questions. Please see the flyer below for details.

The next site visit is at Central Court tomorrow, October 1 in three half-hour sessions from11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. You only need to attend one of them. On Wednesday, October 2, we will be at LJC followed by Harbor Court on Friday, Oct. 4, and West Court on Monday, October 7. Lunch will be provided so please RSVP to rsvp@ocea.org.

Further wage enhancements are the remaining priority to be resolved over the next few weeks.

I will be conducting the site visits and I look forward to seeing each of you at the various Court locations.

In Solidarity,

Charles Barfield, Lead Negotiator
OCEA General Manager

Publication Date: September 30, 2019