West Contra Costa school workers reject tentative pact - ContraCostaTimes.com:
"Workers in the West Contra Costa Unified School District turned down a tentative labor pact Wednesday, a union leader said.
'We stand ready to resume negotiations,' said Richard Leung, supervising business agent of Public Employees Union Local 1, which represents about 1,500 maintenance and clerical workers, paraprofessionals and teachers' assistants in the school district.
The tentative, three-year pact had called for a wage freeze and for members to pay between $133 and $373 a month toward their and their families' medical benefits. The district currently absorbs the entire cost of the benefits, which the union said will be $533 to $1,323 a month in 2010."
"Workers in the West Contra Costa Unified School District turned down a tentative labor pact Wednesday, a union leader said.
'We stand ready to resume negotiations,' said Richard Leung, supervising business agent of Public Employees Union Local 1, which represents about 1,500 maintenance and clerical workers, paraprofessionals and teachers' assistants in the school district.
The tentative, three-year pact had called for a wage freeze and for members to pay between $133 and $373 a month toward their and their families' medical benefits. The district currently absorbs the entire cost of the benefits, which the union said will be $533 to $1,323 a month in 2010."
