Irvine Professional Employees Association
OCEA members in the Irvine Professional Employees Association are represented by union stewards and a professional staff of labor relations representatives. Standing together, every OCEA member in the Irvine Professional Employees Association plays a role in achieving better wages, retirement security and fair rights on the job.
The information below is a resource for all OCEA members in the Irvine Professional Employees Association. Below, you will find a list of stewards and staff representatives for OCEA members assigned to the Irvine Professional Employees Association. You’ll also find the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which is the negotiated union contract that sets forth the wages, hours and working conditions guiding your employment. And you can also find updates and news from OCEA about what’s happening in your agency and across the County.
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MLK Day and what it means to working families
January 18, 2021
Today is MLK Day observed on the third Monday in January since 1986. We have been celebrating the life of civil rights icon the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for 35-years.
COVID-19 article focuses on County workers
January 4, 2021
An article posted today by Norberto Santana, Voice of OC publisher, included an interview with OCEA General Manager Charles Barfield.
OCEA LABOR RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVE
Charles Barfield
General Manager
Mariela Ortiz
Labor Relations Specialist