Garden Grove City Employees Association
OCEA members in the Garden Grove City Employees Association are represented by union stewards and a professional staff of labor relations representatives. Standing together, every OCEA member in the Garden Grove City Employees Association 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 Garden Grove City Employees Association. Below, you will find a list of stewards and staff representatives for OCEA members assigned to the Garden Grove City Employees Association. 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 agency and across the County.
Stay informed: Union news that affects you!
RSVP TODAY for GGCEA Membership Meeting: Thurs., Jan. 30, 2025
January 22, 2025
Please join us for the first membership meeting of 2025 where we will discuss upcoming negotiations. OCEA Senior Labor Relations Representative Kerensa Schupmann, our lead negotiator, will present a Negotiations 101 training and open our 2025 GGCEA Negotiations Survey for members to take.
Regarding the LA County Fires
January 9, 2025
The multiple fires across Los Angeles County over the past three days have destroyed thousands of homes and other structures and brought ash and smoke-filled skies to parts of Orange County.
OCEA LABOR RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVE

Charles Leon
Labor Relations Representative

Kerensa Schupmann
Senior Labor Relations Representative