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2009-10 Negotiations Updates
WCCUSD Response - December 3, 2009
UTR Request to Bargain - December 1, 2009
Negotiations Update - November 23, 2009
District Reiterates Meet and Negotiate Offer to UTR
State Mediation Service Offer to District and UTR
FAQ: Negotiations [updated 8/7/09]
Teacher Contract Implementation Summary
Information on Fiscal Crisis - July 2
Fact Finding Report SF-IM-2805-E WCCUSD and United Teachers, Richmond, CTA, NEA
Negotiations Q-A 6-12-09
June 8, 2009 Negotiations Update
The District's Factfinding Presentation to the
Three-Member Factfinding Panel - June 1, 2009
MGTFinal-WCCUSD
MGT-Final-Summary
Background
Even in the best of times, there’s never enough money for education in California, which ranks at or near the bottom of all states for support to education. But in the current economic climate with skyrocketing unemployment, sharply falling state and local revenues and increasing needs for human services, our schools are struggling to provide teachers and other basic services. With a 23% reduction in state funding, our Board has been force to lay off employees, increase class sizes, eliminate programs and close schools.
As the recession deepened, our contracts with all four of our employee unions expired. We’ve been able to negotiate three-year agreements with three of them, one of which is pending ratification by their members. The new contracts include reductions in the work year with corresponding pay cuts, and caps on the District’s contribution to health benefits. The teachers’ contract is in place, but is considered unsettled because the district and teachers did not reach an agreement together. We are certain that a mediator can help us reach a mutual agreement, and the district stands ready to negotiate at any time.
The links below provide background information about negotiations. The District website at Financial Crisis also includes information about the budget, District spending, and the County Office of Education’s conditional approval of the budget.
We’ll continue to update our Frequently Asked Questions page. Please send your questions to info@wccusd.net and we’ll get answers posted as soon as we can. In these incredibly difficult times, we’ll continue to do all we can to provide the best information we can gather so you can be fully informed. |