A year of tense negotiations and between educators and staff in the West Contra Costa Unified School District are now over.
Almost 73% of the teachers and staff members voted in favor of the new contract. It gives them 14.5% pay increases in the first five months and then 7% raises after that and a 7% lump sum retroactive through July 2022.
Francisco Ortiz, the union’s vice president said the pay was a big incentive to get the deal done.
“I think this was a real positive step in securing more educators to be attracted to our district and to retain the educators that we currently have, so that