OCCEA News

Although not an Ocean County story or even Ocean County School District, it feels great to support ALL NJ public school teachers, especially with a story like this!  Students and staff at West Orange school district were caught off guard by the quick acting winter storm on Thursday November 15th 2018.  Buses were stranded for […]

Original article on NJEA found here Educators help elect pro-education candidates statewide NJEA’s endorsements in federal, state and local elections helped propel pro-education candidates to widespread success on Nov 6. While the results are still coming in, it is clear that Sen. Bob Menendez, a champion for labor and public education, was reelected in a […]

OCCEA members were joined by members from Burlington County this weekend to campaign for ANDY KIM. Taking time to stop for a picture are Marybeth Beichert, NJEA Government Relations, her nieces Jackie and Jenny Fiorito, Toni Guerra, Josh Eckersley and Elaine White. Toni is a retired educator from Burlington County. Ashanti Rankin and Paul Bryant […]

“Bill attacks collective bargaining A-2001, which attacks collective bargaining, passed the Senate on Thursday, April 12. It went through committee in the Assembly in June and may be scheduled for a floor vote on October 29. This bill would diminish the benefits of county college employees and retirees by forcing them to switch from the […]

Little Egg Harbor Township Education Association recently had a Fact-Finding Hearing on October 15th.  They had a successful rally leading up to the 4pm start time with approximately 45 people turning out from Central, Manchester, and Stafford Districts!  Unfortunately after 4.5 hours of negotiation they were unable to settle.  The association had already requested an […]