Teachers rally, push WCCUSD for better wages and more hires to avert strike

By Meghan Crebbin-Coates | September 25, 2025 |
Dozens of people in orange shirts huddle outside a building, with about half a dozen of them walking with white signs held high.

Cars honked, megaphones blared and teachers chanted, “Education is a right, that is why we have to fight,” during a rally before Wednesday’s West Contra Costa Unified School District board meeting at DeJean Middle School. Since January, WCCUSD and United Teachers of Richmond have been negotiating a new three-year teachers’ contract. The previous contract expired…

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