{"id":494743,"date":"2026-10-13T14:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T14:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/494743\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T14:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T14:58:09","slug":"hundreds-of-orange-county-workers-go-on-strike-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/494743\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of Orange County workers go on strike \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orange County workers from the Teamsters Local 952 began walking off the job Tuesday morning, Oct. 13, after months of failed contract negotiations<\/a>, potentially disrupting services for roughly 3 million residents.<\/p>\n

The local represents more than 465 employees across OC Public Works, OC Waste & Recycling and OC Community Resources, including heavy equipment operators, mechanics, waste workers, custodial staff and animal care workers.<\/p>\n

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Members of Teamsters Local 952 picket in front the county administrative buildings in Santa Ana on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Members of Teamsters Local 952 picket in front the county administrative buildings in Santa Ana on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Members of Teamsters Local 952 picket in front the county administrative buildings in Santa Ana on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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Members of Teamsters Local 952 picket in front the county administrative buildings in Santa Ana on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\n<\/p>\n

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The strike kicked off at 4 a.m. outside the County Administration North building in Santa Ana, and hundreds of workers are expected to walk off throughout the day, said union representative Christian Castro.<\/p>\n

By the crack of dawn, union members had formed several picket lines outside the administrative building with about 20 workers at each post, Castro said.<\/p>\n

The union announced the impending strike on Thursday, giving the negotiations with county leadership a few more days to reach a new labor agreement. The county has not yet made an updated contract proposal as of this morning, Castro said.<\/p>\n

In August, union members voted down the county\u2019s one-year offer of a 3% raise with no retroactive pay, which they said fell short of recognizing the value of their work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have done everything in our power to reach a fair agreement,\u201d Eric Jimenez, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 952 said in a statement. \u201cInstead, we have been met with months of delays and a complete disregard for the workers who keep Orange County running.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Teamsters\u2019 previous three-year contract expired June 25. Bargaining team members<\/a> said they approached the county in December to begin negotiations, but argue the county made no meaningful movement toward a deal until August.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe respect the rights of our dedicated employees to engage in lawful strike activity under California law,\u201d county spokesperson Molly Nicholson said Friday morning in a statement. \u201cOur priority remains ensuring the continuity of essential public services for our residents. We have contingency plans in place to minimize service disruptions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orange County workers from the Teamsters Local 952 began walking off the job Tuesday morning, Oct. 13, after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494744,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,7,1071,23,611,4765,136],"class_list":["post-494743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-california","tag-local-government","tag-local-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orange-county-board-of-supervisors","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}