August 13, 2019

OCEA's annual Health Fair and Farmers Market, presented by OCEA Health & Welfare Trust, will return from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, at OCEA. It’s a great opportunity to learn about healthy living choices from experts and vendors at dozens of booths.

August 13, 2019

Your AMEA bargaining team is scheduled to meet with the City on Thursday, Aug. 15 to resume negotiations.

August 9, 2019

Your AMEA Bargaining Team again met with negotiators for the City. This followed a meeting July 16 where we presented the City with a comprehensive counter-proposal.

August 8, 2019

Past OCEA President, Frank Eley, needs your help! Frank is running for re-election to the OCERS Board of Retirement to help maintain the integrity of the retirement system and protect your pension.

August 8, 2019

Your OCEA bargaining team met for 5 hours on Thursday, Aug. 7. Last week, we updated the membership that the team has been engaged in analysis and research regarding retiree health care. This analysis has required OCEA to retain an actuarial firm and other experienced professionals.

August 5, 2019

As a result of our last MOU negotiations, the Court Clerk job series is having a market study performed. The purpose of this study is to assess the current duties of Court Clerks as well as your wage position in the market. It is simple. Fair pay for a hard day’s work.

July 26, 2019

We have received calls from some OCEA members regarding County paychecks this week that reflect a higher OCERS contribution rate.

June 20, 2019

When you’ve worked your whole life, you deserve to retire with the peace of mind knowing your pension will be there for you. That’s why it’s so important to have fighters that represent the interests of working families on the OCERS Board of Retirement.

June 10, 2019

Negotiations are well underway and we met with the City on Thursday, May 30. At that meeting we presented an updated proposal which we believe fairly rewards you for the work you do to make Anaheim a great city.

May 21, 2019

OCEA is aware that Department Management will be discussing potential work schedule changes at Wednesday’s OC Animal Care All-Staff Meeting. We encourage you to take notes and ask questions as appropriate.

May 16, 2019

We have received reports from some of your co-workers about a possible schedule change for field staff in Animal Care, a potential move away from the current 4/10 schedule to a 5/40 schedule. We immediately followed up with HR to make sure we are getting accurate information. Here’s what we have learned so far

May 8, 2019

Our monthly Board of Directors meeting is scheduled to take place on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at 5:30 P.M.

April 29, 2019

Our appeal in our case against the County continues to proceed and we want to provide an update about where it stands. We filed our opening brief just before the beginning of the year.

April 29, 2019

OCEA needs you! What does that mean? In 2017, a retired employee/steward began volunteering two days a week as an “Intern” for OCEA. This sparked a conversation between the OCEA Board of Directors, staff and our workplace leaders about the power retired OCEA members have. Soon after, a steering committee was formed of retired OCEA leaders.

April 22, 2019

In the past two weeks LPS membership meetings were held at each Justice Center to update everyone on the LPS market study.