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Teachers, union leaders and families praise tentative UTR contract at West Contra Costa board meeting
Summary
Dozens of public commenters — chiefly United Teachers of Richmond members, student leaders and families — thanked trustees who backed bargaining efforts and urged quick ratification of a tentative agreement reached Dec. 10; the superintendent confirmed tentative deals with both UTR and Teamsters and said schools would return to normal operations Dec. 11.
Dozens of teachers, union leaders, students and families packed the West Contra Costa Unified School District board meeting on Dec. 10 to thank trustees who joined strike lines and to press the board to ratify a tentative contract reached early that morning with United Teachers of Richmond (UTR).
“For 10 months, we sat at a table where district executive leadership insisted that our students should make do with less,” said Mr. Ortiz, a UTR representative in the standing reports section. “We broke it. We didn't bend. We didn't flinch. We didn't back down. And we won.”
Public commenters recounted a four-day strike and widespread community support. Marie Anna, who identified herself during public comment, said she wanted…
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