March 21, 2025

Thank you to everyone who supported us in our effort last week when we brought critical CFS issues to the highest level of County governance at the Board of Supervisors meeting. Because of your voices, we forced County leadership to acknowledge the crisis at CFS. The momentum is building and we cannot let up—real change requires continued pressure.

March 20, 2025

Thank you to everyone who attended our membership meeting on Thursday, March 20, 2025. As you know, negotiations with the City of Newport Beach will begin soon. Although our current contract doesn’t expire until the end of December, the City has requested that we commence negotiations a little earlier than usual. Your NBEL negotiations team is preparing to represent your interests and fight for the wages, benefits and working conditions you deserve. As we prepare our strategy, your input is critical.

March 20, 2025

As you may know, negotiations with the City of Placentia will begin later this year. Your PCEA negotiations team is preparing to represent your interests and fight for the wages, benefits and working conditions you deserve. As we prepare our strategy, your input is critical.

March 19, 2025

We’re writing to update you on contract negotiations. We began this negotiations cycle with a membership meeting on January 22 to outline the negotiations process and launch the 2025 OMEA Negotiations Survey. Thank you to all who participated—your feedback has been invaluable.

March 18, 2025

Your OCEA negotiations team met Monday, March 17, 2025, for a financial presentation from the District. This presentation helps us to establish context and a baseline for bargaining, and covered fiscal projections, revenue sources, fund balances, economic forecasts and more.

March 14, 2025

As we prepare for negotiations with OC San, your OCEA negotiations team will meet on Monday, March 17, 2025, for a financial presentation from the District. This presentation will help us to establish context and a baseline for bargaining, and often covers fiscal projections, revenue sources, fund balances, economic forecasts and more.

March 12, 2025

We’re writing to provide you with an update on the important issues facing OCPL workers and how OCEA has been addressing those issues.

March 12, 2025

Stunned silence. That is how members of the County Board of Supervisors reacted when OCEA representatives took the recent CFS Social Worker survey results to the County Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday afternoon.

March 11, 2025

Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 11, 2025, representatives from OCEA will attend the Orange County Board of Supervisors meeting to communicate that that the time is now to make significant, meaningful change within CFS.

March 5, 2025

For years, CFS executive managers have gaslit and ignored you, as documented in volumes by 225 of you who took OCEA’s CFS Social Worker Survey. While your executive managers may not have listened to your voices, the County CEO and Orange County Board of Supervisors are listening now.

February 28, 2025

As you may know, the Orange County Board of Supervisors decided late last year not to renew the investment authority of Treasurer-Tax Collector Shari Freidenrich to manage the County’s investment pool of about $17 billion.

February 26, 2025

Thank you to everyone who attended our CFS Membership Meeting on Zoom last Thursday, Feb. 20. More than 100 members joined us to stand together against the inexcusable working conditions you continue to face at CFS prompted by longtime inaction from CFS executive management.

February 20, 2025

A union is strong when we leverage our greatest strength, our strength in numbers. This is also true when we are talking about the retirement security of County public workers. Your pension is administered and governed by a nine-person Board of Trustees. Two of these OCERS Trustees are directly elected by you and your co-workers. Currently, you are served by two tireless advocates for retirement security, Trustees Adele Lopez Tagaloa and Iriss Barriga. Adele and Iriss, along with the other Trustees, work to ensure all County public workers can retire with dignity.

February 18, 2025

As you may know, a critical CFS Membership Meeting is scheduled on Zoom from Noon to 1 p.m. this Thursday, Feb. 20. Login details are at the end of this email. I encourage all members to attend, as we will review the results of the recent CFS Social Worker Survey and discuss next steps.

February 13, 2025

As mentioned in my last letter, I’ve been in the trenches with you. I know what it’s like when your concerns are ignored, when speaking up feels risky, and when the system seems more focused on ignoring problems than fixing them.