Orange County and CSEA Reach Agreement on New 5-Year Contract

Published on February 7, 2024

Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus and the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) on Feb. 7 reached an agreement on a new five-year contract running until the end of 2028. As the county’s largest union, the CSEA local chapter has about 1,350 rank-and-file county employee members, who account for more than half of the county’s workforce. This is the first CSEA contract negotiation since the COVID-19 pandemic ended—the previous five-year agreement expired in December 2023—and comes at a time of rising cost of living and a public sector plagued by a recruiting crisis, according to CSEA southern region spokesperson Jessica Ladlee. It also comes after the county government received a handsome pandemic stimulus payment from the federal government, with about a fifth of it, or $16 million, earmarked for personnel costs....

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