WCCUSD Details Financial Impact of Strike-Ending Agreements
WCCUSD said its tentative agreements with its teachers and classified staff will come with a price tag of more than $105 million over three years....
18
Dec
12
Dec
‘Unconscionable’: Union Remains Critical of WCCUSD as Teachers’ Strike Comes to Apparent End
While the deal to end the WCCUSD teachers' strike awaits union approval to become official, some say they won't forget how the district handled negotiations....
10
Dec
Why I Joined My Teachers on the Picket Line
"As a WCCUSD student, I wanted to know what led to the strike and what was being fought for ...
10
Dec
WCCUSD Reaches Tentative Agreement With Teachers’ Union
WCCUSD and its educators' union have reached a tentative agreement that would end the teachers' strike and return schools to normal operations if ratified....
05
Dec
Teachers Launch First Strike in WCCUSD History, Citing Low Pay and Overcrowded Classrooms
Educators and staff are striking to demand the West Contra Costa Unified School District raises wages and offer better working conditions. ...
02
Dec
EdSource: West Contra Costa Teachers Union Calls Strike for Thursday
If a settlement is not reached by Thursday, the United Teachers of Richmond union is set to go on the first teachers strike of the school year in California....
01
Dec
EdSource: Possible WCCUSD Strike Reflects Statewide Tensions
WCCUSD and other California school districts are stuck in labor negotiations with teachers at a time of declining enrollments and rising costs....
16
Oct
WCCUSD Recognizes Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Rejects Budget Resolution
The West Contra Costa school board voted Oct. 8 to recognize the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples' Day and to reject a budget resolution....
16
Oct
WCCUSD Prepares For Potential Strikes by Upping Temporary Educators’ Pay
Two WCCUSD labor unions voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, and the school board voted to increase substitute teacher pay if the strikes happen....
08
Oct
West Contra Costa Unified Teachers Union Begins Strike Authorization Vote
The United Teachers of Richmond union, which represents WCCUSD teachers, is in the midst of a strike authorization vote until Oct. 14....
02
Oct
WCCUSD Provides Updates on Richmond High, Kennedy, Stege Renovations
Projects that will revamp the campuses at Kennedy and Richmond High and Stege Elementary schools are underway but still in the early phases. ...
15
Sep
WCCUSD to Host Community Budget Meetings This Week
The West Contra Costa Unified School District will host community budget meetings this week at Hercules, Richmond and El Cerrito high schools....
10
Sep
Contra Costa Districts Kick Off School Year With Calls for Increased Pay, Threat of Strike
Unions representing employees in Antioch, Pittsburg and West Contra Costa school districts opened or upped the stakes of contract negotiations in recent weeks....
15
Aug
EdSource: Becoming School Superintendent in an Age of Uncertainty and Anxiety
New WCCUSD Superintendent Cheryl Cotton grew up attending district schools in San Pablo and El Cerrito and has lived in the area her whole life....
12
Aug
WCCUSD Approves Charter School Expansion but Wants Diversity, Transparency Improvements
Despite a potential loss in revenue and concerns about transparency and diversity, the WCCUSD board gave the OK for a local charter school to expand. ...
