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The OCEA endorses Rudy Diaz for Area 7 of the RSCCD’s Board of Trustees

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Education, OCEA, Orange, Orange County, Rudy Diaz Leave a comment

Rudy Diaz Gains Endorsement of the Orange County Employees Association (OCEA) in Race for Rancho Santiago Community College

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 12, 2016

Contact: Sam Rodriguez, (714) 478-1505

Orange, CA – Orange County’s largest independent labor union, OCEA has endorsed long time Orange resident Rudy Diaz in his run for the Area 7 seat on the Rancho Santiago Community College District.

“To be endorsed by OCEA, which represents 18,000 public employees throughout Orange County is an honor,” stated Diaz. I am running to ensure taxpayer funds are used to benefit our students in our community. It’s time to end the corruptive practices of our once proud community college district.” Continue reading→

The OCEA has endorsed Lou Correa for the 46th Congressional District

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Editor Posted in 2016 Elections, Democratic Party, Labor, Lou Correa, Santa Ana Leave a comment

For Immediate Release: August 23, 2016

Contact: Nina Tognazzini, (949) 933-7533, Shallman Communications

POWERFUL LABOR GROUP SIGNS ON WITH LOU CORREA

Former State Senator Lou Correa Secures Backing from Orange County Employees Association (OCEA) in Bid for CA-46

Santa Ana, CA – After a watershed of endorsements from the California Democratic Party, CDP Chairman John Burton, and CDP Regional Director Florice Orea Hoffman, today, Lou Correa earned the support of the Orange County Employees Association (OCEA) in his campaign to represent the 46th Congressional District.

Upon announcing their endorsement, the Orange County Employees Association released the following statement: Continue reading→

The OC Supervisors to consider an agreement with their employees’ labor union

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Editor Posted in Labor, OC Board of Supervisors, OCEA, Orange County Leave a comment

Vote Planned on Tentative Agreement with Largest Labor Union

Orange County Supervisors have scheduled a special meeting for Friday, December 18, at 8:30 a.m. to allow for public comment on details of a proposed tentative agreement with the membership of the Orange County Employees Association for a new contract that would extend to June 30, 2018.

The proposed tentative agreement is posted for public review on the County webpage. If ratified by OCEA, the County’s largest employee union, the agreement would be presented for approval and adoption at a second special Board meeting on Wednesday, December 23, 2015. Continue reading→

Adios Nick Berardino – the head of the OCEA is retiring

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Editor Posted in Jennifer Muir, Labor, Nick Berardino, OCEA, Orange County 2 Comments

Nick Berardino, 67, the longtime leader of Orange County’s largest union is retiring this summer, on July 31, according to the O.C. Register.

Berardino has been the top labor boss for public employees at the Orange County Employees Association for 11 years.

Former O.C. Register reporter Jennifer Muir, 34, the union’s assistant general manager since 2010, was chose by the union members to replace Berardino, after a national search. Continue reading→

SD34: Labor’s October Surprise – Nguyen donors admit to laundering contributions

Posted on October 23, 2014 by John Fields Posted in 2014 Elections, Janet Nguyen, OCEA, Voice of OC Leave a comment

Orange County media’s two best investigative news sources are R. Scott Moxley at the OC Weekly, and the Voice of OC website. The Voice of OC is mostly funded by the OC Employees Association, the labor union that represents the majority of County government workers.

Late this afternoon, Thy Vo at the Voice nailed SD1 County Supervisor Janet Nguyen, who is running for the 34th State Senate District against Democrat Jose Solorio, with this news about her campaign funders: Six Nguyen Donors Admit to Political Money Laundering. Their lead:

Six donors to County Supervisor Janet Nguyen have admitted to illegally receiving reimbursements for campaign contributions, according to newly obtained documents from the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission by Voice of OC.

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The DPOC helped create Janet Nguyen and now they’re paying for it

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Editor Posted in 2014 Elections, Janet Nguyen, Orange County, Phil Bacerra 1 Comment

In 2008 there were three Vietnamese candidates running for the First Supervisorial District but only one of them was a Democrat – a nice fellow named Hoa Van Tran. The other two candidates were Republicans – Janet Nguyen and Dina Nguyen (no relation to each other). Click here for a recap of that election courtesy of the L.A. Times.

Van Tran should have had a great shot at the seat but many Democrats turned on him – believing outright lies that he was somehow affiliated with former Republican Assemblyman Van Tran.

Janet’s main adviser at the time was a Democrat named Phil Bacerra. He in fact introduced me to Janet one night at the Azteca Restaurant in Garden Grove. I asked her what she stood for and the only issue she could come up with was “Small Business.” I should have realized then that she was an empty suit. Continue reading→