June 9, 2017

Today OCEA received a letter from Orange County Superior Court General Counsel Jeff Wertheimer.

June 9, 2017

Today testimony concluded in the trial of our litigation against the Sheriff and the County.

June 9, 2017

You can hear the lie all over AM radio: “Sign this petition and repeal the gas tax,” or “Stop the car tax.” The same message is being peddled by paid signature gatherers at drug stores, markets and public facilities.

May 26, 2017

Our national holidays can provide every American an opportunity to at least for a day put aside our differences and remember those things that bind us together as a nation. Memorial Day does that.

May 24, 2017

OCEA supports voluntary and effective incentive-based wellness programs. However, OCEA has been and remains opposed to the punitive program adopted by the County, a program that by no realistic measure can be called “voluntary.”

May 18, 2017

OCEA members are standing together with the American Red Cross to host a blood drive at OCEA Headquarters on June 22. OCEA members give each day to the communities we serve, and this is another way we give back to those in need through our union.

May 17, 2017

Across the country this week and throughout the month of May, communities are observing National Police Week. It’s a time of reflection as we remember the peace officers who lost their lives protecting the residents of the jurisdictions in which they served.

May 12, 2017

A program to provide in-home care for elderly and disabled Californians is at the center of a budget issue that nearly threatened to reduce health and law enforcement services across the state, including here in Orange County.

April 28, 2017

Orange County is a donor county. This means that collectively we send far more in revenue to the state than we receive back. Not surprisingly, this impacts almost every aspect of our lives. It would be difficult to identify a public service that wouldn’t be in a better position to serve the public if we just received back approximately the amount of revenue we send to Sacramento.

April 20, 2017

Court executives continue to show by their actions that they have little respect for Court workers. The latest insult occurred last Friday in the offices of the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB).

April 20, 2017

Within the next few days, you and your coworkers should see a Notice to Employees posted on your work area bulletin boards. This notice is part of the settlement and resolution of the Complaint issued by the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) in connection with the Probation Department’s failure to meet and confer with us on the impacts of off-duty carry of Department-issued weapons.

April 14, 2017

A hot dog wagon may not sound high-brow enough for the opinion section of a major metropolitan daily newspaper. But you’d be surprised at how the simple act of cooking a free lunch can impact lives — and has, in fact, impacted thousands of lives. You also might be surprised to hear about how all of those people who have been touched by the hot dog wagon responded when it was stolen last week, along with a freezer full of 2,000 frozen all-beef dogs.

April 5, 2017

Each year your OCEA Stewards and workplace leaders come together on a Saturday for an all-day training and workshop. This year we are opening participation to a limited number of OCEA members. Join us for what we believe will be an amazing opportunity to learn more about being an active OCEA member standing shoulder-to-shoulder with your co-workers to build a better workplace.

April 4, 2017

Thieves broke into OCEA’s secure garage over the weekend making off with OCEA’s cargo van, a refrigerator, a freezer full of hot dogs, and worst of all, OCEA’s famous hot dog wagon.

April 3, 2017

I am writing this morning with disappointing news. Over the weekend, the secured parking area under the OCEA building was vandalized and breached, and the OCEA van, hot dog wagon and freezer containing 2,000 frozen OCEA hot dogs were stolen.