Benefits of OCEA Membership

If you are a County or Court employee, or if you are employed by certain cities or districts, you owe it to yourself to consider joining OCEA!  Over 13,000 public employees in the County have taken this important step.  About 70 percent of eligible employees have joined.   Join OCEA!  

Here are a few of the great benefits that flow from your membership.  And by joining, you will become part of the powerful pro-employee force that has positively impacted wages and benefits for County employees since 1937.

•    Vote on contracts (including wage increases)!
•    Receive representation on work-related problems!
•    Provide input during bargaining!
•    Have access to “members only” communications and updates!
•    Have a VOICE in the workplace!
•    Have access to upgrades on dental and vision insurance!
•    Have access to discounted tickets to movies, theme parks, and more!
•    Vote for the OCEA Board of Directors—decide who your leaders are!
•    Run for the OCEA Board of Directors!
•    Become an OCEA leader--Labor Management Committee, Steward, Unit Executive Committee Member!


•    Can become OCEA Stewards!
•    Can become OCEA bargaining-team members!
•    Can participate on special OCEA committees and working groups, such as the OCEA Women’s Forum Committee, the OCEA Professional Nurses Caucus, unit executive committees, and many others!
•    Can be a member of an OCEA Labor Management Committee!
•    Have access to OCEA’s supplemental insurance and OCEA’s discounted tickets!