WCCUSD Teamsters Negotiations Update
12/5/2025
WCCUSD Teamsters:
First, thank you for your solidarity and commitment to winning a fair contract. Our collective action this week sent a clear message to the District that Teamsters 856 members deserve respect for the work we do for the community.
The board met in a special session today and we will be negotiating with the District tomorrow.
Unless you hear otherwise, assume we will be on the picket line Monday morning at the same locations with the same schedule.
Hold strong. We are winning.
We will continue to keep you updated.
WCCUSD Teamsters Negotiations Update
12/5/2025
Your Rank-and-File Bargaining Committee, and your Teamsters Representatives, including Principal Officer Peter Finn and Local 856 Public Services Division Director Matt Finnegan, met with the District last night. The bargaining team emphasized our Teamsters’ resolve to continue to fight to win a fair contract and outlined the framework of what members expect and deserve in a new agreement. We anticipate bargaining will resume later today or over the weekend.
The key to winning a strong contract is the strength in numbers we have as Teamsters — please continue to hold the line.
We will continue to keep you posted on any updates.
WCCUSD Teamsters Strike Update
12/4/2025
Negotiations Resume Tonight
The District has reached out, and your Rank-and-File Teamsters Bargaining Committee along with Teamster attorneys are scheduled to meet with the District tonight at 8 p.m. We will continue to keep you updated on any progress.
WCCUSD Teamsters Strike Day 2, Friday, December 5
Unless you receive official notification from Teamsters 856, please report to the strike line tomorrow for your picket line shift, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. And just a reminder to please sign in and sign out with your picket captain.
Today showed what Teamsters 856 solidarity looks like — when we fight together, we win together!
WCCUSD Strike Captain List
12/4/2025
Please click here to view our Strike Captain list.
It is required to sign in with your Strike Captain at the beginning of your picket duty shift (7:30 a.m.) and sign out at the end of your picket duty shift (3:30 p.m.) to be eligible for Teamsters strike benefits.
WCCUSD Teamsters: Important Strike Information
12/3/2025
Enhanced Strike Benefit Secured
We are happy to report that Local 856 Principal Officer Peter Finn has secured approval of the enhanced strike benefit from the Teamsters General Executive Board in Washington, D.C. This means that instead of the normal strike benefit, your strike benefit will be increased to $1000.00 per week. For partial strike weeks, like this week, the strike benefit is pro-rated at 1/7th of $1000.00 per week ($143 per day).
Strike Benefit Eligibility
In order to be eligible for strike benefits, you must:
- Report to your worksite at 7:30 a.m. all days of the strike and complete a full picket line duty shift (7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.)
- Be a Teamsters 856 member in good standing
Picket Line Shift
- Arrive at your worksite at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow, December 4 and all days of the strike
- Sign in: when you arrive at the picket line, check in with your strike captain to sign in.
- Sign out: When you complete your picket line duty shift at 3:30 p.m., be sure to sign out.
Again, to be eligible for strike benefits, you MUST complete your picket line shift and sign in and sign out. The first picket shift will be tomorrow, Thursday, December 4, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone out on the picket line tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. to demonstrate our Teamsters solidarity!
When we fight together, we win together!
WCCUSD Contract Vote Results
12/2/2025
The ballots have been tallied:
47.23% (546) — YES to Accept the Agreement
52.77% (610) — NO to Reject the Agreement
This no vote, as outlined in our membership meetings, means we will be striking this Thursday, December 4, 2025.
Strike Thursday Morning
More information on strike logistics, strike benefits, and picket line shifts will be provided tomorrow. However, please plan to meet at your regular start time outside your worksite to establish picket lines.
While the vote results were mixed, it is imperative that ALL Teamsters stand together on the picket line so that we can win together.
Reminder: WCCUSD Teamsters Informational Meetings & Zoom Webinar, Monday December 1; Online vote will begin at 6 p.m.
11/30/2025
Please join your WCCUSD Teamsters bargaining committee tomorrow to review our tentative agreement based on the Fact-Finding Panel’s recommended settlement.
In-Person Meetings
Monday, December 1, at 1:30 p.m or 5 p.m. at Alvarado Adult School (5625 Sutter Ave., Richmond).
Zoom Webinar:
Attendance at the in-person meetings is encouraged to ensure your questions are answered, however if you are unable to attend, a Zoom webinar will be held on Monday, Dec. 1 at 6:30 p.m.
Please use this link to join the webinar:
https://teamster-org.zoom.us/j/81868905473
Online Ratification Vote Process
- The voting period will begin Monday, December 1, at 6 p.m. and will close at 6 p.m., Tuesday, December 2, 2025.
- We are using a third-party, secure online voting system.Your ballot will be sent to the email address and cell phone number you have on file with Teamsters 856.
- If you do not receive an email or text message with your voting link when the voting opens, please contact Nicole Casey via email at ncasey@ibt856.org, or by phone at (650) 266-7712, to request your voting credentials.
Important highlights of the agreement:
Wages:
Year 1 – 3% (2% retroactive to July 1, 2025, 1% effective January 1, 2026)
Year 2 – WAGE RE-OPENER NEGOTIATIONS
Year 3- WAGE RE-OPENER NEGOTIATIONS
Cash in-lieu of benefits:
- Full-Time employees Cash-in-Lieu benefit increased to $400 per month.
- Part-Time employees: For the first time, the District will pay a Cash-in-Lieu benefit to part-time employees who qualify for medical benefits, but do not enroll.
- Employees working 30-37.49 hours (Part-time) will receive a $200 monthly cash-in-lieu of benefit
- Employees working 25-29.99 hours (Part-time) will receive a $150 monthly cash-in-lieu of benefit
- Employees working 20-24.99 hours (Part-time) will receive a $100 monthly cash-in-lieu of benefit
The agreement addresses a longstanding inequity for part-time workers that Teamsters Local 856 has been fighting over for the past three contracts. The agreement will provide an average member working 30 hours per week and earning $2,800 per month an additional $200 per month, which is equivalent to 7.14%.
Health and Welfare: The District will pay 90% of the Kaiser premium for the life of the agreement for full-time employees who elect coverage.
Term: Three-year agreement, July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028.
Click here to review the tentative agreements.
Your WCCUSD Bargaining Committee is recommending a YES vote.
WCCUSD Teamsters Informational Meetings & Voting Details
11/26/2025
As announced yesterday, based on the fact-finding panel’s recommended settlement, your Teamsters 856 bargaining team reached a tentative agreement that we will be voting to ratify on Monday, December 1st and Tuesday, December 2nd. The State-Appointed Fact-Finder provided a summary of the fact-finding panel’s recommended settlement agreement that includes important details of the panel’s analysis and how the panel arrived at its recommendation. Please click here to review this important document.
In-Person Informational Meetings
The following informational meetings will be held to review the agreement and answer members’ questions. Please make every effort to attend.
Monday, December 1, 2025
1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Alvarado Adult School
5625 Sutter Ave.
Richmond, CA 94804
Online Ratification Vote Process
- The voting period will begin Monday, December 1, at 6 p.m. and will close at 6 p.m., Tuesday, December 2, 2025.
- We are using a third-party, secure online voting system.Your ballot will be sent to the email address and cell phone number you have on file with Teamsters 856.
- If you do not receive an email or text message with your voting link when the voting opens, please contact Nicole Casey via email at ncasey@ibt856.org, or by phone at (650) 266-7712, to request your voting credentials.
WCCUSD Teamsters: Fact-Finding Panel’s Proposed Settlement
11/25/2025
WCCUSD Teamsters, on the eve of a strike and after many days in the fact-finding process, your bargaining team has reached a tentative agreement based on the Fact-Finding Panel’s proposed settlement recommendation. The bargaining team is recommending a Yes Vote.
The Fact-Finding Panel’s proposed settlement recommendation calls for a three-year contract that provides an ongoing 3% raise in year one for all Teamsters, significant increases to the cash-in-lieu benefit, including part-timers for the first time, plus many other contract improvements including: contracting out language/process, and 90% paid medical locked in for 3 years.
Because of your solidarity and strength, we pushed the District for a fair contract. Thank you for holding the line and standing up.
Highlights of the Fact-Finding Panel’s Recommended Settlement:
Wage increases: 3% ongoing wage increase (2% retroactive to July 1, 2025; and 1% increase effective January 1, 2026.) Wage reopeners in 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 school years, with the right to strike should wage negotiations break down at those times.
Cash in-lieu of benefits:
- Full-Time employees Cash-in-Lieu benefit increased to $400 per month.
- Part-Time employees: For the first time, the District will pay a Cash-in-Lieu benefit to part-time employees who qualify for medical benefits, but do not enroll.
- Employees working 30-37.49 hours (Part-time) will receive a $200 monthly cash-in-lieu of benefit
- Employees working 25-29.99 hours (Part-time) will receive a $150 monthly cash-in-lieu of benefit
- Employees working 20-24.99 hours (Part-time) will receive a $100 monthly cash-in-lieu of benefit
The agreement addresses a longstanding inequity for part-time workers that Teamsters Local 856 has been fighting over for the past three contracts. The agreement will provide an average member working 30 hours per week and earning $2,800 per month an additional $200 per month, which is equivalent to 7.14%.
Health and Welfare: The District will pay 90% of the Kaiser premium for the life of the agreement for full-time employees who elect coverage.
Term: Three-year agreement, July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028.
Additional language improvements: The tentative agreement also secures improved language around contracting out, custodial summer work, “step-up” pay, and more.
Click here to view the entire summary of the Factfinding Panel’s Proposed Settlement Recommendation.
In-person Meetings and Online Ratification Vote
On Monday, December 1, we will conduct in-person meetings to review the complete details of the recommended settlement and answer members’ questions. Online voting will be available after the conclusion of the final meeting.
The times and location of the meetings will be provided shortly.
Negotiations/Strike Updates
WCCUSD Teamsters Overwhelmingly Authorize Strike
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October 10, 2025
With nearly 1,000 ballots cast, WCCUSD Teamsters have overwhelmingly voted by 96% to authorize a strike at the District.
As we head into fact-finding — the next phase of the impasse process — WCCUSD Teamsters have made it loud and clear that we are ready and willing to do whatever it takes to win a fair contract.
We will continue to keep you updated on the fact-finding process and our next steps. In the meantime, please mark your calendars for our upcoming WCCUSD Teamsters Strike School, which will be held on Saturday, October 25 in Martinez. (Please see below for details.)
WCCUSD Teamsters Strike School
Teamsters Local 315
2727 Alhambra Ave.
Martinez, CA 94553
Saturday, October 25, 2025
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Sign making afterwards
Los Teamsters del WCCUSD autorizan la huelga por abrumadora mayoría
Con casi 1,000 votos emitidos, los Teamsters del WCCUSD han votado con un 96% a favor de autorizar una huelga en el Distrito.
A medida que nos acercamos a la investigación de los hechos —la siguiente fase del proceso de estancamiento—, los Teamsters del WCCUSD han dejado claro que estamos listos y dispuestos a hacer lo que sea necesario para lograr un contrato justo.
Continuaremos manteniéndolos informados sobre el proceso de investigación de los hechos y nuestros próximos pasos. Mientras tanto, anoten en sus calendarios nuestra próxima Escuela de Huelga de los Teamsters del WCCUSD, que se llevará a cabo el sábado 25 de octubre en Martinez. (Consulten los detalles a continuación).
Teamsters Local 315
2727 Alhambra Ave.
Martinez, CA 94553
Sábado, 25 de octubre de 2025
10:00 – 12:00 h
Fabricación de letreros después
October 10, 2025
WCCUSD Strike Authorization Vote and Strike School
Teamsters at WCCUSD, On Wednesday, you received an email from us asking for you to authorize a strike. Here is more information about why we are conducting this vote now:
Where are we in negotiations? We have been in negotiations with the District for a fair Union contract since April. After months of bargaining, the District rejected our remaining language proposals, and offered a one-time stipend instead of an ongoing percentage increase. We are chronically understaffed and underpaid. For this reason, the District’s proposal was unacceptable to us and we declared impasse at the bargaining table.
What is impasse? Impasse is the process by which the Public Employment Relations Board, the state agency tasked with overseeing labor relations in the public sector, gets involved to help us reach a contract. Click here to learn more about the impasse process.
Are we done with the impasse process yet? No. We’ve gone through mediation with the state appointed mediator. He was not able to get us any closer to reaching a fair contract with the District. The next step is fact-finding. We are currently awaiting the appointment of a factfinder who will ultimately issue a non-binding decision around our negotiations. More information about the factfinder in the presentation linked above.
What happens after fact finding? After the fact finding panel hears from both the Union and the District on our respective positions, that panel will issue a report with recommendations. If we don’t agree with the report, we do not have to accept it. The publishing of that report concludes the impasse process, and we would then be permitted to legally strike.
Why are we voting now? Even though we have not gone through fact-finding and exhausted the impasse process, it’s important to be ready for what comes next. We are asking you for permission to call for a strike as soon as that fact finding process is over, if we have still not reached a fair contract with the District. Having your permission ahead of time will ensure we can move quickly.
When will we be done with fact finding and going on strike? We don’t know yet. We will have more of a sense of timeline once the fact-finding panel is appointed and we have panel sessions scheduled. We will keep you posted every step of the way, and send out e-mail updates after each fact-finding session.
Will you notify us ahead of time before going on strike? Yes. We will provide notice to the District prior to striking and will give you notice of our intended strike day launch as far in advance as possible.
How will the strike be organized? We have recruited two Picket Captains at every District location. They will be visible at your site. Please follow their directions to ensure we have orderly and legally protected pickets everywhere.
Do we have the right to strike? Can the District fire me for participating? You have the right to strike, whether you are a sub or on probation. This is why we are being careful about going through every step of the impasse process. We will not go out on strike until we are sure you are protected. For more information, please come to our Strike School, a training open to all members. Information below.
October 7, 2025
WCCUSD Teamsters: Strike Voting Starts Tomorrow
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WCCUSD Teamster,
Last week, your WCCUSD bargaining committee and the District met with a mediator in an attempt to come to an agreement for a fair contract. Unfortunately, the District refused to make meaningful progress, and so, the mediator directed the parties to go to the next step in the impasse process: Fact-Finding. That is a process for a neutral third party to hear both parties’ positions on the contract disputes and issue non-binding advisory recommendations. This will take place in the next couple of weeks.
Strike Vote:
While we go through the fact-finding process, it is important to demonstrate to the District that we stand together in solidarity and are willing to do whatever it takes to win a fair agreement for the nearly 2,000 WCCUSD Teamsters who serve the students and families of our school district. Therefore, we will be taking a strike vote starting October 8, at 6 p.m.
How to cast your ballot:
The strike vote will be conducted online. You will receive an email and/or text message to the email/cell phone number you have on file with Teamsters 856 tomorrow, October 8, 2025 at 6 p.m. Voting will remain open until Friday, October 10, at 6 p.m. If you do not receive a ballot, please contact Lauren Hasan at 510 220 3252 or LHasan@ibt856.org.
Your bargaining committee is recommending that you vote YES to authorize a Teamsters 856 strike.
Teamsters de WCCUSD: La votación de huelga comienza mañana
La semana pasada, su comité de negociación de WCCUSD y el Distrito se reunieron con un mediador en un intento de llegar a un acuerdo para un contrato justo. Desafortunadamente, el Distrito se negó a lograr un progreso significativo, por lo que el mediador ordenó a las partes que pasaran al siguiente paso en el proceso de estancamiento: la investigación de hechos. Ese es un proceso para que una tercera parte neutral escuche las posiciones de ambas partes sobre las disputas contractuales y emita recomendaciones consultivas no vinculantes. Esto tomará lugar en las próximas semanas.
Voto de huelga
Mientras pasamos por el proceso de investigación, es importante demostrarle al Distrito que nos unimos en solidaridad y estamos dispuestos a hacer lo que sea necesario para ganar un acuerdo justo para los casi 2,000 Teamsters de WCCUSD que sirven a los estudiantes y familias de nuestro distrito escolar. Por lo tanto, realizaremos una votación de huelga a partir, 8 de octubre, a las 6 p.m.
Cómo someter su voto
La votación de la huelga se llevará a cabo en línea. Recibirá un correo electrónico y/o mensaje de texto al número de correo electrónico/teléfono celular que tiene registrado en Teamsters 856 mañana, 8 de octubre de 2025 a las 6 p.m. La votación permanecerá abierta hasta el viernes 10 de octubre a las 6 p.m.Si no recibe una boleta, comuníquese con Lauren Hasan al 510 220 3252 o LHasan@ibt856.org.
Su comité de negociación le recomienda que vote SÍ para autorizar una huelga de Teamsters 856.
Your Teamsters 856 Representatives
Shaune Vaughn
Representative
Direct Line: (916) 288-5627
SVaughn@ibt856.org
Miguel Gallegos (Habla español)
Representative
Direct Line: (209) 915-2228
MGallegos@ibt856.org
Ed Moore
Representative
Direct Line: (650) 238-7110
EMoore@ibt856.org
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