News Articles

• SLOCEA App is now available!

  SLOCEA's Phone app is now here and available for iPhone and Android users. Read More ›

• MOUs Ratified and BOS Approved

  Members vote in favor of MOUs Read More ›

• General Membership Meeting BACK ON!

  Join us at the General Membership Meeting on 10/19/2022 Read More ›

• General Membership Meeting POSTPONED

  MEETING HAS BEEN POSTPONED Read More ›

• State of the County Workforce

  SLO County Workforce State Read More ›

• Negotiation Session # 4 Update Now Posted on Members Only Portal

  On Friday, June 3, 2022, SLOCEA and County negotiators met for session 4 of the current negotiating cycle. Read More ›

• SLOCEA OFFICE CLOSED FOR PRESIDENT'S DAY

  The SLOCEA office will be closed for President's Day on Monday, February 21, 2022 Read More ›

• SLOCEA Office Closed Dec 31, 2021

  The SLOCEA office will be closed Friday, December 31st for New Year's Eve Read More ›

• The County Blade is Going Digital!

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• NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENT

  Nominations for the Negotiating Committees open December 1, 2021 Read More ›

• Zoom General Membership Meeting

  General Membership Meeting Cancelled Read More ›

• SLOCEA office closed Monday, Oct 11, 2021

  The SLOCEA office will be closed Monday, October 11, 2021 for Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day Read More ›

• SLOCEA office CLOSED for Labor Day

  The SLOCEA office will be closed Monday, September 6, 2021 for Labor Day Read More ›

• Announcing the Special Emergency Grant (SEG) Program

  This new program provides a $2,200 cash benefit to your designated recipient in the event of your death Read More ›

• ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR SLOCEA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  Nomincation requests must be submitted by 5:00 PM Friday, July 23, 2021 Read More ›

• SLOCEA Office Closed for Independence Day

  The SLOCEA office will be closed Monday, July 5th. Read More ›

• Cal/OSHA Changes to Emergency Temporary Standards

  Changes to Emergency Temporary Standards Read More ›

• Deadline for Academic Scholarship Extended

  The deadline to submit applications has been extended to May 15, 2021 Read More ›

• Supplemental COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave

  Supplemental COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave Read More ›

• 2021 Summer Childcare Reimbursement

  Submit Your Application Now! Read More ›

• SLOCEA 2021 Academic Scholarship

  Calling all students! Read More ›

• SLOCEA Celebrates Presidents Day

  Presidents Day - SLOCEA Office Hours Read More ›

• Happy Thanksgiving!

  SLOCEA wishes all of our members a Very Happy and blessed Thanksgiving! Read More ›

• ERIN STICH ASSUMES THE PRESIDENCY

  CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP Read More ›

• SLOCEA CLOSED FOR COUNTY HOLIDAY

  ​SLOCEA will be closed on Monday, October 12, 2020 for Columbus Day Read More ›

• Monday September 21, SLOCEA Office Alert!

  SLOCEA Office Staff will be telecommuting Read More ›

• SUMMER CHILDCARE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM 2020 Revised GUIDELINES

  SLOCEA's Summer Childcare Reimbursement Committee has extended the deadline to apply for childcare reimbursement and has included academic tutoring reimbursement for the remainder of the 2020 program year. Read More ›

• HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!

  American's Declaration of Independence was signed in Congress, 244 Years ago! Read More ›

• Accepting Nominations for Board of Directors

  Nomination Deadline July 15, 2020 Read More ›

• BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEET, HONOR NANCY BISHOP

  SLOCEA’s Board of Directors met “in-person” for the first time since the COVID 19 disaster declaration was announced in March 2020. The meeting took place on June 17, 2020, at the conference room of the Quality Suites in San Luis Obispo, CA Read More ›

• HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY 2020

  Here's wishing all a Happy Memorial Day! Read More ›

• Pension Trust Election for Trustee

  Pension Trust Election for Trustee Read More ›

• BENEFITS FOR SLOCEA MEMBERS IMPACTED BY COVID-19 AND THE COUNTY'S STAY HOME ORDER

  All members have rights and benefits under California labor laws; and if COVID-19 has directly or indirectly made you unable to work, you may qualify for government benefits in the form of money paid directly to you. Read More ›

• COVID-19 Member Update: 3-18-2020

  COVID-19 Member Update: 3-18-2020 Read More ›

• Shelter in Home Executive Order

  County action to slow COVID-19 spread Read More ›

• COVID-19 Member Update: 3-16-2020

  COVID-19 Member Update: 3-16-2020 Read More ›

• Ellen Beraud TV ad Features Striking SLO County Employees

  SLOCEA's endorsed candidate for the 5th District features hundreds of County employees who went on strike for the first time in the County's history, during December 2018. Read More ›

• Reconition Awards Nominations Now Being Accepted!

  The San Luis Obispo County Employees’ Association’s Awards Review Committee is now accepting nominations for SLOCEA Member of the Year 2019 Award and Outstanding Service Award 2019. Read More ›

• ASSERT YOUR SACRED RIGHT TO VOTE

  The 2020 primary (and general) elections will bring forth many important decisions for voters to decide, both nationally and at the State level. Locally, San Luis Obispo County Voters, which includes the vast majority of the SLOCEA membership, will have the opportunity to decide if the incumbents on the Board of Supervisor deserve another term, or if their respective challengers should be granted the privilege of serving the good citizens of the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Districts. Read More ›

• New President Assumes Office

  Angela McCormick Takes Office Read More ›

• A Message from the President

  Jim Mallon assumes SLOCEA Presidency Read More ›

• OCTOBER's GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

  GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING Read More ›

• ​SLOCEA Volunteers Celebrated

  On August 17th we celebrated the volunteerism and dedication of our SLOCEA volunteers at the annual Appreciation Dinner for 2018, hosted this year at the Elks Lodge in San Luis Obispo Read More ›

• PETITION SERVED ON BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

  Petition signed by over one thousand county employees served on the Board of Supervisors Read More ›

• Big Unit and Trades Unit Negotiating Teams Meet

  On February 6, 2019, the newly seated Big Unit and Trades Unit Negotiating Teams met to begin preparations to return to the negotiating tables with the County. Read More ›

• Big Unit Negotiating Team Seated

  At the January 29, 2019 Joint Negotiating Committees Meeting for the Big Unit and the Trades Unit, Read More ›

• Trades Unit Negotiating Team Seated

  At the January 29, 2019 Joint Negotiating Committees Meeting for the Trades and the Big Unit, Read More ›

• NOMINATION RESULTS FOR TRADES UNIT NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE

  ​The nomination period for the Trades Unit Negotiating Committee closed at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, January 18, 2019. We received less than the required number (9) of nominations for the Committee seats. Since all Committee seats are unchallenged, there will be no election and we will move right to a meeting of the Negotiating Committee next week. Read More ›

• NOMINATION RESULTS FOR BIG UNIT NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE

  The nomination period for the Big Unit Negotiating Committee closed at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, January 18, 2019. We received the exact number or less than, the required number of nominations for each of the three bargaining units in the Big Unit. Read More ›

• LAUNCH OF SLOCEA SMART PHONE APPS!

  SLOCEA is very pleased to announce the official launch of the SLOCEA smart phone Apps for IPhone and Android model smart phones! Read More ›

• SLOCEA Celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day

  Please note that SLOCEA's Office will be closed Monday, January 21,2019, in observance of the County Holiday Read More ›

• Negotiating Committee Nominations

  Big Unit & Trades Unit Nominations Read More ›

• January 2019 Steward Committee Meeting

  The January 2019 Steward Committee Meeting is scheduled for January 10, 2019 Read More ›

• January 2019 Board of Directors Meeting

  The Next meeting of SLOCEA's Board of Directors is set for January 16, 2019 Read More ›

• SLOCEA New Year Holiday Hours

  In Observance of the New Year Holiday the SLOCEA Office will be closed Monday December 31, 2018 and Tuesday January 1, 2019. Read More ›

• SLOCEA CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY HOURS

  ​The SLOCEA office will be closed Monday, December 24 and Tuesday, December 25, 2018 Read More ›

• JOB ACTION TO CONCLUDE

  Please be advised that we have notified the County that our job action will concluded at 11:59 PM tonight (12/13/2018). Read More ›

• San Luis Obispo Prosecutor's Association Support's SLOCEA Employees During Strike

  Prosecutor's Association Support Letter, December 11, 2018 Read More ›

• SLO COUNTY SWORN DEPUTIES' ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS SLOCEA EMPLOYEES!

  The Sworn Deputy Sheriffs' Association of San Luis Obispo County, have issued their written support for SLOCEA represented employees, in their current labor dispute with the County and pending job action! Read More ›

• Deputy Sheriffs' Association Supports fellow SLOCEA employees in job Action

  The SLO County Deputy Sheriffs' Association has issued its written support for SLOCEA represented employees and their ensuing job action! Read More ›

• TO ALL WHO SERVE AND WHO HAVE SERVED

  SLOCEA thanks our armed services veterans, past and present, for serving our nation and protecting our freedom! Read More ›

• A YEAR OF FIRSTS FOR OUR COUNTY

  SLOCEA has existed in one form or another since 1947. SLOCEA was granted recognition in San Luis Obispo County as the exclusive representative of the County’s first bargaining units, shortly after then Governor Ronald Reagan signed legislation ushering in the first collective bargaining rights in 1969. Read More ›

• GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING CALLED IN WAKE OF FAILED RATIFICATIONS

  Meeting set for Thursday October 18, 2018 at 5:30 PM Read More ›

• FINAL RATIFICATION RESULTS POSTED

  Ratifications for Big Unit and Trades Unit fail Read More ›

• PRELIMINARY RATIFICATION RESULTS POSTED

  Preliminary vote results for Big Unit and Trades Unit ratifications have been posted Read More ›

• Remembering September 11, 2001

  “Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. Read More ›

• IMPORTANT MEMBERSHIP MEETING

  SLOCEA urges you to attend Read More ›

• NEW POST AVAILABLE IN MEMBER'S PORTAL

  New updates have been posted for Trades and Big Unit members Read More ›

• HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

  SLOCEA will be closed Wednesday, July 4th, 2018, in observance of our nation's birthday! Read More ›

• SLOCREA Announces BBQ Event

  San Luis Obispo Retired Employees Association will hold it's Annual BBQ Read More ›

• Marin County employees’ union calls for strike vote

  The union that represents a majority of Marin County’s public employees has called for a strike vote for the week of June 11. Read More ›

• HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY

  SLOCEA WILL BE CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE MAY 28, 2018 Read More ›

• INTRODUCING JUSTIN HANSEN

  Justin Hansen Running for Pension Trust Seat Read More ›

• Important Outtakes from May 7, 2018 Paulding - Compton Debate

  During the debate Compton compares the compensation of SLOCEA members to that of County Administrators Read More ›

• SLOCEA Proudly Endorses Jimmy Paulding

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• SLOCEA Formally Endorses Jimmy Paulding for 4th District

  SLOCEA's Board voted to endorse Paulding during its regular meeting on April 18, 2018 Read More ›

• Mediation Fails to Produce Settlement with County

  Please log on to the members portal to read full update Read More ›

• Big Unit Negotiation Update for session 5 now posted

  Read full update on members only portal Read More ›

• Trades Unit Negotiations update for session 7 now posted

  Read full update on members' only portal Read More ›

• Trades and Big Unit Negotiations Resume

  Full Updates Posted on members portal Read More ›

• SLOCEA Launches New Website

  On February 21, 2018, SLOCEA’s long time presence on the Internet came to a screeching halt when the server company that had hosted SLOCEA’s website for nearly 20 years, ceased all operations unexpectedly. Read More ›