OCEA News
Information is power, and OCEA members receive regular email, text and social media updates about workplace issues and news. Many of those emails are archived below.
Join the FSS Caseload Management Forum Team
January 4, 2019
Your colleagues and workplace leaders want to hear from you about how we can make FSS a better place to work.
Join OCEA for the administration of the Oath of Office for DA-Elect Todd Spitzer
January 3, 2019
Please join your fellow OCEA members and staff representatives for the administration of the Oath of Office for District Attorney-Elect Todd Spitzer.
See you at the OC women’s march on Jan. 19
December 29, 2018
Americans are deeply divided on many issues, but one issue that continues to unite us is a deep concern about economic security in retirement.
Thank you for your service this holiday season
December 24, 2018
During this special time of the year when we gather with friends and family, I wanted to thank you for all you do for our County and our community.
American workers and families deserve fair wages and treatment at the workplace
December 15, 2018
I’m writing about our organization’s transition because my decision to step away from work illuminates one small slice of the condition of women today. We have protections and rights my mother and grandmother’s generations fought to secure, but we still have so much more to achieve in the pursuit of true fairness and equality.
Employment Board decision a victory for OCEA members
November 28, 2018
We recently received a decision from the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) that confirms what we have always known - the County’s unilateral adoption of its COIN ordinance violated the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act governing labor relations in California.
Tomorrow! Free "Salute to Veterans" event at the OC Fairgrounds
November 9, 2018
Bring the whole family to our sixth annual free Salute to Veterans Celebration.
OCEA member's November General Election Voter Guide
October 12, 2018
Election Day is almost here. Vote-by-mail ballots are in mailboxes now, and election day is Nov. 6, so we wanted to share a short list of OCEA-endorsed candidates in the upcoming November General Election—candidates who have demonstrated they have stood with working families like yours.
Vote for Chris Prevatt to protect your retirement security
October 9, 2018
There is only ONE candidate for OCERS Board that has a proven track record of fighting for members. Vote for Chris Prevatt to protect your retirement security.
Your OCERS ballot!
September 26, 2018
By now you should have received your ballot to vote in the 2018 OCERS general election.
What happened to Christine Blasey Ford happens right here, too
September 22, 2018
How the Senate, the president and our nation respond to the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh as a United States Supreme Court justice could be a turning point in the moral history of our country, watched by generations to come.
New Seminar! Dietitian's Guide to Health Snacks
September 13, 2018
We have again spoken to Human Resources and have been advised that workers should contact their immediate supervisors if anyone would like to move to another work space because of the hot and uncomfortable conditions.
Social Worker Committee Update
September 10, 2018
OCEA's Social Worker Committee comprised of Social Workers and OCEA staff met again on Tuesday, Aug. 28 to continue work on some long-standing issues facing you and your coworkers in particular the lack of a specific County framework for managing both Social Worker caseload and workload.
Annual Health Fair TOMORROW at OCEA
September 10, 2018
OCEA's annual Health Fair, presented by OCEA Health & Welfare Trust, takes place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, at OCEA.
The importance of a strong and vibrant labor movement
September 6, 2018
Most Americans have a vague idea that Labor Day is intended to acknowledge the achievements and sacrifices of working people and what they have meant to our collective history. Yet drowned out by commercials for blowout sales and plans for barbecues, the holiday can often seem like an empty nod to some distant past.