What happens if students don’t go to school during the LAUSD strike? Your questions answered
6 years ago

What happens if students don’t go to school during the LAUSD strike? Your questions answered

LA Times  

Students from Main Street Elementary School in South Park holds signs in support of L.A. teachers. Los Angeles teachers have gone on strike for the first time in 30 years to demand smaller class sizes, more support staff at schools and better pay. Austin Beutner, students’ absences will cost the district $25 million in state funding based on attendance. One Advanced Placement Biology teacher who was on strike even surreptitiously met up with her students at a mall food court. However, the teachers’ union is also protesting the growth of charter schools, and teachers are striking at one charter school — which is something rare.

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Teacher's Day Out: Why Los Angeles school staff are on strike
1 year, 9 months ago

Teacher's Day Out: Why Los Angeles school staff are on strike

Firstpost  

It’s Day 3 of thousands of teachers and other school staff striking in Los Angeles, impacting more than 500,000 students. Thousands of service workers backed by teachers began a three-day strike against the Los Angeles Unified School District on Tuesday, shutting down education for a half-million students in the nation’s second-largest school system, according to Associated Press. Teachers joined rain-soaked …

Last-minute talks fail, massive LAUSD strike and school shutdowns set for Tuesday
1 year, 9 months ago

Last-minute talks fail, massive LAUSD strike and school shutdowns set for Tuesday

LA Times  

United Teachers of Los Angeles and Service Employees Union International Local 99 members held a joint rally at Grand Park last week in a show of solidarity. Leer en español There had been hope of averting the walkout based on informal conversations over the weekend and the resumption Monday afternoon of mediation between the school district and the union that …

Hopes fading that last-minute talks will avert massive LAUSD strike Tuesday
1 year, 9 months ago

Hopes fading that last-minute talks will avert massive LAUSD strike Tuesday

LA Times  

Local 99 Executive Director Max Arias cheers on passing buses, driven by union members he represents, in this file photo. Hopes are fading that last-minute talks will prevent a scheduled three-day strike that would shut down classes for more than 420,000 students, beginning Tuesday morning in the Los Angeles Unified School District. “During the strike vote and contract bargaining process, …

What? A strike? Parents blindsided by looming LAUSD walkout that is closing schools
1 year, 9 months ago

What? A strike? Parents blindsided by looming LAUSD walkout that is closing schools

LA Times  

Jessica Aguilera, a parent at 153rd Street Elementary School, said she is supportive of the teachers, who are planning a three-day strike. Like most parents in the nation’s second-largest school district, Marianne Webster was shocked to learn of the massive strike set to shutter public schools across Los Angeles for three days next week. “When I picked him up he …

How LAUSD is scrambling to prepare for a three-day strike affecting 420,000 children
1 year, 9 months ago

How LAUSD is scrambling to prepare for a three-day strike affecting 420,000 children

LA Times  

United Teachers of Los Angeles and SEIU 99 members held a joint rally at Grand Park on March 15, announcing a three day strike. Leer en español “We’re trying to see if we can minimize the consequences of a three-day strike on people for whom schools provide food and child care in addition to education,” school board President Jackie Goldberg …

Editorial: A strike that shuts down schools is bad for Los Angeles
1 year, 10 months ago

Editorial: A strike that shuts down schools is bad for Los Angeles

LA Times  

Contract negotiations between the union representing cafeteria workers, bus drivers and other low-wage workers at Los Angeles Unified and district officials have stalled after nearly a year, and now the 30,000 SEIU Local 99 employees are planning a three-day strike beginning Tuesday. Negotiations for a new contract began in April 2022 but have broken down amid complaints by union officials …

The teachers’ strike gripped LA for 6 days. A year later, what are the results?
4 years, 11 months ago

The teachers’ strike gripped LA for 6 days. A year later, what are the results?

LA Times  

Thousands of striking teachers cheered last January in downtown Los Angeles after an announcement of a deal to end their six-day strike. “It’s tough to be a teacher and it’s tough to be in education,” said Vladovic, whose long career includes participating in a strike as a teacher and dealing with later walkouts as an administrator. UTLA President Alex Caputo-Pearl …

LAUSD teachers will stay off the job Tuesday
5 years, 11 months ago

LAUSD teachers will stay off the job Tuesday

LA Times  

City Hall is the venue for talks between striking teachers and the L.A. school district. Signs late Monday night pointed to a probable settlement of the Los Angeles teachers’ strike, but not in time to get teachers back into classrooms on Tuesday. “We have been working tirelessly to reach an agreement and have made tremendous progress with five days and …

LAUSD teachers’ strike: Marathon weekend bargaining sessions continue
5 years, 11 months ago

LAUSD teachers’ strike: Marathon weekend bargaining sessions continue

LA Times  

Teacher Yanira Estrada, left, of Sally Ride Elementary, is among strikers who rallied Friday outside City Hall, where talks are ongoing to settle the walkout by United Teachers Los Angeles. 19 / 75 Thousands of educators with the United Teachers Los Angeles attend a rally on the fifth day of the teachers strike at Grand Park in front of City …

The Los Angeles Teachers Strike Puts Charter Schools Under The Microscope
5 years, 11 months ago

The Los Angeles Teachers Strike Puts Charter Schools Under The Microscope

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING LOS ANGELES ― Tuesday, on the second day of the Los Angeles teachers strike, tens of thousands of educators protested in front of the California Charter Schools Association building at a rally so crowded that participants were standing shoulder to shoulder. Among the crowd of protesters were teachers from Accelerated Charter Schools, who started their own strike …

L.A. schools lost $15 million on Day 1; attendance improved slightly on Day 2 of the teachers’ strike
6 years ago

L.A. schools lost $15 million on Day 1; attendance improved slightly on Day 2 of the teachers’ strike

LA Times  

Reseda High School students Jania Garcia, 16, left, and classmate Dennis Miguel, 16, work on a college prep app on laptops in the school gym in Reseda, Calif. Teachers wave at passing vehicles on the 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles as they marched to LAUSD district headquarters. Teachers at The Accelerated Schools, a community of public charter schools in …

Only about a third of LAUSD students attended school on first day of teachers’ strike
6 years ago

Only about a third of LAUSD students attended school on first day of teachers’ strike

LA Times  

About 31,000 members of the teachers union had agreed to walk out to try to win smaller class sizes, more support staff at schools and better pay. 33 / 75 Student counselor Edwin Deleon, on a bicycle, joins parents, teachers and students in a crosswalk to picket outside Hollywood High School during the second day of the United Teachers Los …

Teachers strike at L.A. charter schools too, a first for California
6 years ago

Teachers strike at L.A. charter schools too, a first for California

LA Times  

Maria Corona, center, a teacher at the Accelerated Schools, a group of public charter schools in South Los Angeles, joins fellow educators as they picket outside the school on second day of the Los Angeles teachers’ strike. Teachers at three charter schools in South Los Angeles walked off the job Tuesday, marking the first time ever that a charter school …

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