WCCUSD teachers announce strike after mediation fails

By Meghan Crebbin-Coates | December 2, 2025 |
Dozens of people in orange shirts huddle outside a building, with about half a dozen of them walking with white signs held high.

Teachers will go on strike Thursday in the West Contra Costa Unified School District, but the superintendent says schools will remain open.  United Teachers of Richmond announced at 7 p.m. Monday that it had rejected the district’s latest offer of a 3% salary increase, and 90% coverage of health care benefits beginning in 2027 “Striking is the…

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