RICHMOND — A strike by West Contra Costa school employees entered its second day Friday after union members said no progress on forming a new contract was made during their latest discussion with district leadership.

West Contra Costa Unified School District leadership asked to meet with the United Teachers of Richmond’s bargaining team Thursday evening, but Union President Francisco Ortiz said the meeting wasn’t fruitful.

Union leadership was left waiting with security for 30 minutes and the district’s bargaining team did not come with an updated proposal, aside from raising what Ortiz described as “ideas” to address concerns around health care benefits, Ortiz said.

“We were hopeful that they were finally prepared to solve this crisis, but instead of solutions, we got theatrics,” Ortiz

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