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AUSD and CSEAs 27 and 860 Sign Tentative Agreements
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Issued By:     Superintendent Pasquale Scuderi  (510) 337-7060 and
                      Board President Ryan LaLonde (510) 337-7187              
 
AUSD and CSEA Chapters 27 & 860 Sign Tentative Agreement
 
Alameda, California — March 9, 2026  — Negotiators for the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) and the California School Employees Association Chapters 27 (CSEA-27) and 860 (CSEA-860) have reached tentative agreements in their negotiations over salary and other contract considerations.
 
Under the terms of the three-year agreement, members of CSEA 27 (which represents office technical workers and paraprofessionals) and CSEA-860 (which represents custodial, maintenance, and food service workers) will receive:
 
Ten Percent Salary Increase
The two teams have tentatively agreed to a 10 percent salary increase, plus a 2% bonus, over the next three years, with the yearly increases as follows:
 
2025-26
  • 6% increase comprised of:
    • 4% ongoing raise
    • 3% retroactive to July 1, 2025
    • 1% retroactive to January 1, 2026
    • 2% one-time bonus
      • Full-time CSEA-27 members will receive $1182; part-time staff will receive a pro-rated amount 
      • All CSEA-860 members will receive a flat rate of $1058
 
2026-27
  • 3% on-going raise
 
2027-28
  • Guaranteed 3% on-going raise and:
    • If the COLA is between 3% and 3.99%, CSEA members will receive that amount in a raise
    • If the COLA is more than 4%, salary negotiations will re-open
 
Significant Increases to Health Benefits
 
Under the terms of TA, AUSD’s contribution to CSEA members’ health benefits increased to:
  • Effective January 1, 2026
    • $1168 per month
  • Effective July 1, 2026
    • $1700 per month for an employee plus one dependent or an “employee family” (two dependents)
  • Effective January 1, 2027
    • $1500 per month for employee-only plans
  • Effective January 1, 2028:
    • $1800 per month for an employee plus one dependent or an employee family (two dependents)
 
By January 2028, AUSD’s contribution for individual plans will have increased 47% and its contribution to employee family plans will have increased 76%.
 
AUSD and the Alameda Education Association signed a TA in mid February.The union announced on March 9 that 96.9 percent of its members had approved the TA.
 
“Just as we will increase salaries for our Alameda Education Association members by dipping into one-time funds, so too will we pay for raises for our classified employees that way,” says AUSD Superintendent Pasquale Scuderi. “But by structuring this as a three-year deal, we hope to minimize the risk and continue to be able to pay our employees fairly while remaining fiscally responsible.”
 
Other Contract Adjustments
In addition to increases to salary and benefits, the teams came to agreement on articles relating to:
 
CSEA-27
Organizational security
Hours and overtime
Vacation
Leaves
Professional growth
Layoffs
Term of the agreement
 
CSEA-860
Association rights
Organizational security
Hours and overtime
Vacation
Layoff
Term of the agreement
 
The next step is for the members of the two unions to ratify their TAs. Once that is complete, AUSD's Board of Education will vote on whether to ratify the agreement.
 
 
“I appreciate how quickly and collaboratively the teams were able to come to agreement,” says Ryan LaLonde, president of the Board of Education. “Districts up and down California are having trouble staying solvent, never mind giving salary increases. I am impressed both with our staff’s creativity in developing a unique structure for increasing employee salaries and our classified partners’ ability to negotiate swiftly.”