Orange Municipal Employees Association
OCEA members in the Orange Municipal Employees Association are represented by union stewards and a professional staff of labor relations representatives. Standing together, every OCEA member in OMEA 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 Orange Municipal Employees Association. Below, you will find a list of stewards and staff representatives for OCEA members assigned to OMEA. 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 city and across the County.
Stay informed: Union news that affects you!
Important OMEA Membership Meeting – Tentative Agreement or LBFO Ratification Vote
July 15, 2025
We are holding an important membership meeting on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, to provide the latest updates on negotiations and review the package that will be put to a ratification vote.
BEWARE: Anti-Union Group Up to Their Old Tricks
July 3, 2025
Like clockwork, every few years members of an anti-union organization called the Freedom Foundation contact local union members urging them to break solidarity and abandon their union brothers and sisters. Recently, this group, which operates outside of California, sent misleading mailers and email messages to public employees across Orange County.