L.A. teachers union members overwhelmingly approve contract that will raise salaries 21%
1 year, 8 months ago

L.A. teachers union members overwhelmingly approve contract that will raise salaries 21%

LA Times  

Los Angeles Unified School District workers and teaches rally outside a district office on the second day of a three-day strike in March. Members of United Teachers Los Angeles overwhelmingly approved a new contract with L.A. Unified that will raise the average teacher salary to $106,000, a 21% wage increase over three years. More than 94% of the 27,000 members who voted gave a thumbs up to the contract, which raises salaries, reduces class sizes, adds school staff — including attendance counselors, psychiatric social workers, and school psychologists — and limits class sizes for special education. The contract also contains provisions that codify immigrant support and efforts to provide housing both for union members and low-income families of students. Cecily Myart-Cruz, president of United Teachers Los Angeles, said in a news release that the agreement “acknowledges the impact of the pandemic, years of disinvestment and economic hardship, while standing firm on things school faculty need to provide quality education to our students.” “This contract will set the national standard for all other educators to achieve livable wages and solidify an equitable future where students are supported in a healthy learning environment,” she said.

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L.A. Unified to pay $24 million to three elementary students allegedly molested by teacher
4 months ago

L.A. Unified to pay $24 million to three elementary students allegedly molested by teacher

LA Times  

The silouette of a woman is seen on a sign for the Los Angeles Unified School District administrative offices. The Los Angeles Unified School District board has agreed to pay $24 million to three former students to settle claims that they were sexually abused by their Langdon Avenue Elementary School teacher on multiple occasions in his classroom during school hours …

Las Vegas-area teachers union challenges law prohibiting members from striking
1 year, 3 months ago

Las Vegas-area teachers union challenges law prohibiting members from striking

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Nevada’s largest teachers union filed suit Monday against a state law making it illegal for teachers and other public school employees to go on strike over pay and working conditions in the country’s fifth-largest school district, which includes Las Vegas. They said it also infringes on the First Amendment rights of its approximately 18,000 members in nearly …

National teachers strike averted, as unions win 10% pay increase
1 year, 4 months ago

National teachers strike averted, as unions win 10% pay increase

NL Times  

Education workers employed by primary schools, secondary schools and schools for special education can expect to receive a pay increase of 10 percent. The deal was reached between employers and the education labor unions after intense negotiations, said labor union AOb on Tuesday afternoon. AOb director Thijs Roovers called it “an excellent agreement.” He said, “the strike threat helped.” Before …

How L.A. became the epicenter of hot labor summer
1 year, 5 months ago

How L.A. became the epicenter of hot labor summer

LA Times  

Writers and actors represented by the WGA and SAG-AFTRA unions picket in Hollywood. Each set of workers — screenwriters, actors, hotel employees, city staffers and more — is fighting its own particular fight, but organized labor is having a moment on the streets of L.A. “There’s a perception that we have little in common, but we’re both fighting for our …

Are teachers on strike today? The strikes explained
1 year, 8 months ago

Are teachers on strike today? The strikes explained

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Following a period of intensive talks with unions, the government had offered teachers a …

Editorial: Phew! Another LAUSD strike averted
1 year, 8 months ago

Editorial: Phew! Another LAUSD strike averted

LA Times  

It’s a good thing that Los Angeles Unified officials and the teachers union have agreed upon a tentative labor agreement — just in time to avoid a second strike shutting down schools in 2023. The United Teachers Los Angeles, which represents about 35,000 teachers, called the agreement “groundbreaking” because contract terms go beyond pay to address issues such as climate …

New contract would raise average L.A. teacher salary to $106,000 and lower class size
1 year, 8 months ago

New contract would raise average L.A. teacher salary to $106,000 and lower class size

LA Times  

Los Angeles Unified union members, both teaches and support workers, attend a rally last month at Los Angeles Historic State Park. The Los Angeles school district and the teachers union have reached a tentative agreement that provides a 21% wage increase over about three years, raising the average teacher salary to $106,000 while averting the potential of a second strike …

Los Angeles schools, union leaders reach deal after strike
1 year, 9 months ago

Los Angeles schools, union leaders reach deal after strike

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Unified School District and union leaders said Friday they reached a deal on pay raises for bus drivers, custodians and other support staff after a three-day strike that shut down the nation’s second-largest school system. The deal also sets the district’s minimum wage at $22.52; provides a one-time $1,000 raise for any worker who …

Los Angeles schools, union leaders reach deal after strike
1 year, 9 months ago

Los Angeles schools, union leaders reach deal after strike

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Los Angeles Unified School …

Los Angeles school strike ends, but no deal announced
1 year, 9 months ago

Los Angeles school strike ends, but no deal announced

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — A three-day strike by workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District ended Thursday, but it wasn’t immediately clear if any progress was made in negotiations for higher pay for teachers’ aides, bus drivers, custodians and other support staff in the nation’s second-largest school system. Carvalho has called the school district’s offer “historic.” It includes a cumulative …

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 …

Los Angeles strike highlights paltry US school worker pay
1 year, 9 months ago

Los Angeles strike highlights paltry US school worker pay

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Bus drivers shuttle America’s children to schools where cafeteria workers feed them and teacher aides assist students who need the most help. I got an extra $20.” The strike against the Los Angeles Unified School District that started Monday has been led by the teachers’ assistants, custodians and other support staff who are among the district’s lowest-paid …

Los Angeles schools shut down as staff strike for better pay
1 year, 9 months ago

Los Angeles schools shut down as staff strike for better pay

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — 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. Teachers joined rain-soaked picket lines early Tuesday as workers demanded better wages and increased staffing before heading to a huge rally outside the district’s …

LA schools shut down as staff begin three-day strike with backing from teachers
1 year, 9 months ago

LA schools shut down as staff begin three-day strike with backing from teachers

The Independent  

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Thousands of LA school district workers to hold 3-day strike
1 year, 9 months ago

Thousands of LA school district workers to hold 3-day strike

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Tens of thousands of workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District will strike for three days next week over stalled contract talks and teachers will join them, likely shutting down the nation’s second-largest school system, union leaders announced Wednesday. It was announced at a rally by the Service Employees International Union, which represents about 30,000 teachers’ …

Strike set at LAUSD schools: What parents and students need to know
1 year, 9 months ago

Strike set at LAUSD schools: What parents and students need to know

LA Times  

United Teachers of Los Angeles and SEIU 99 members hold a joint rally at Grand Park in a historic show of solidarity. The anticipated walkout would be the longest full disruption of education in the nation’s second-largest school system since the six-day teachers’ strike of 2019 and upend a school system trying to recover from the pandemic. Local 99 leaders …

L.A. schools would close if union workers go on massive three-day strike, Supt. Carvalho says
1 year, 10 months ago

L.A. schools would close if union workers go on massive three-day strike, Supt. Carvalho says

LA Times  

Alberto Carvalho, center, announced Monday night that public schools would probably close in the event of a three-day joint strike by the district’s two largest unions. Los Angeles public schools would probably shut down in the event of a planned three-day, simultaneous strike by unions representing 65,000 workers, including teachers and support staff, as the walkout would be too much …

Los Angeles teachers, other workers plan three-day strike as labor woes explode
1 year, 10 months ago

Los Angeles teachers, other workers plan three-day strike as labor woes explode

LA Times  

The Los Angeles teachers union plans to join an anticipated three-day strike — possibly within two weeks — with thousands of L.A. Unified’s non-teaching workers, actions that would likely shut down schools amid an explosion of labor discontent. Alberto Carvalho saying it was terminating its contract with the district, a legal maneuver that would allow its members to join Local …

L.A. teachers union seeks 20% raise, saying educators are stressed out and priced out
2 years, 1 month ago

L.A. teachers union seeks 20% raise, saying educators are stressed out and priced out

LA Times  

The Los Angeles teachers union is pressing its demands for a 20% raise over two years, smaller class sizes and a steep reduction in standardized testing — the latest stress test for the nation’s second-largest school district and Supt. “As someone who’s new to L.A., teachers do not make enough money to live in the city at all,” said Nekhoe …

L.A. teachers union to vote on urging U.S. to cut aid to Israel, sparking controversy
3 years, 7 months ago

L.A. teachers union to vote on urging U.S. to cut aid to Israel, sparking controversy

LA Times  

A rally organizer, center, separates a Palestinian supporter, left, and an Israeli supporter, right, at a rally last month in Los Angeles. The leadership body of the Los Angeles teachers union is expected to vote in September on a resolution that would urge the U.S. government to end all aid to Israel — a move that has sparked internal debate, …

Teachers to get 4.5% pay bump in new contract; January strike will continue as planned
5 years, 1 month ago

Teachers to get 4.5% pay bump in new contract; January strike will continue as planned

NL Times  

After a year of difficult negotiations, a collective bargaining agreement was reached for primary education. Minister Arie Slob for Primary and Secondary Education previously promised 285 million euros structurally and a once-off amount of 150 million euros for primary education, provided that a collective bargaining agreement is reached. The wage increase and once-off amounts apply to all teaching staff in …

Primary school teachers' contract talks stall over wage increase
5 years, 1 month ago

Primary school teachers' contract talks stall over wage increase

NL Times  

Negotiations between trade unions and employers for a new collective bargaining agreement for primary education stalled on Wednesday evening, union AOb and employers' organization PO-Raad announced on Thursday. "Employers still don't seem to understand that the teacher shortage is the biggest concern", AOB president Eugenie Stolk said, according to the newspaper. "The PO-Raad believes that it had made a good …

Chicago teachers’ contract talks about more than money
5 years, 2 months ago

Chicago teachers’ contract talks about more than money

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Chicago’s public schools will be closed Thursday as the city’s 25,000 teachers are set to go on strike. Here are some of the issues behind the school district’s second strike in seven years: WHAT KIND OF MONEY ARE THE TEACHERS LOOKING FOR AND WHAT KIND OF RAISE IS THE CITY OFFERING? The city says that’s a pretty good …

Oakland teachers strike ends with tentative deal for raise
5 years, 10 months ago

Oakland teachers strike ends with tentative deal for raise

Associated Press  

OAKLAND, Calif. — Striking teachers in Oakland, California, celebrated after reaching a contract deal Friday with school administrators to end a seven-day walkout. To cheers and applause, union leaders from the Oakland Education Association announced that teachers had won everything they demanded — higher pay, smaller classes and more school resources — in a week of marathon negotiating sessions with …

Oakland teachers to walk off the job Thursday
5 years, 10 months ago

Oakland teachers to walk off the job Thursday

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Teachers in Oakland, California, will become the latest educators in the country to strike over pay and classroom conditions. They want smaller class sizes, more counselors and full-time nurses, and a 12 percent retroactive raise covering 2017 to 2020 to compensate for what they said have been some of the lowest salaries among public school teachers in …

Denver teachers back at work after winning deal with raises
5 years, 11 months ago

Denver teachers back at work after winning deal with raises

Associated Press  

DENVER — Denver teachers ended a three-day walkout and returned to their classrooms Thursday, greeted by hugs and high-fives, after their union reached a tentative deal raising their pay, the latest win in a national movement by educators to raise their wages and advocate for changes in schools. The walkout came about a year after West Virginia teachers launched the …

Denver teachers, officials negotiate to try to end strike
5 years, 11 months ago

Denver teachers, officials negotiate to try to end strike

Associated Press  

DENVER — Denver teachers and district leaders were trying to end a strike over pay Tuesday with the help of a federal negotiator. Lead union negotiator Rob Gould interrupted to tell her, “You can’t do the job without us.” The negotiations began with discussions over changing Denver’s pay system to more closely resemble other districts that allow teachers to advance …

An all-nighter, then a deal to end the L.A. teachers’ strike
5 years, 11 months ago

An all-nighter, then a deal to end the L.A. teachers’ strike

LA Times  

The L.A. teachers’ strike of 2019 would have been tough enough to end with only two opposing protagonists: the school superintendent, trying to rein in spending, and the union chief, who was seeking expansive and expensive change. Austin Beutner and teachers union President Alex Caputo-Pearl into the same room to talk, said L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, who had stepped in …

L.A. teachers on what was won — and which battles are next
5 years, 11 months ago

L.A. teachers on what was won — and which battles are next

Salon  

Following a six-day teachers’ strike over inadequate public-school funding, United Teachers Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District reached a tentative agreement Tuesday. “I think we started a conversation about charter schools among those members of the community and UTLA who had not previously given it much thought.” Rustin and some other teachers, however, found the vote bittersweet, …

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 …

What would a deal to end the LAUSD teachers’ strike look like?
5 years, 11 months ago

What would a deal to end the LAUSD teachers’ strike look like?

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. On the second day of teachers strike, the United Teachers Los Angeles …

L.A. teachers bask in support for strike, but pressure grows to settle amid financial losses
5 years, 11 months ago

L.A. teachers bask in support for strike, but pressure grows to settle amid financial losses

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 …

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 …

Los Angeles Teachers Begin Huge Strike
6 years ago

Los Angeles Teachers Begin Huge Strike

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles public school teachers are on the picket line instead of in their classrooms Monday as they begin their first strike in 30 years. The massive action, which comes after 20 months of failed negotiations between United Teachers Los Angeles and the school district, impacts nearly a half-million students at more than 900 …

Los Angeles teachers’ strike: 5 things you need to know
6 years ago

Los Angeles teachers’ strike: 5 things you need to know

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 …

As LAUSD teachers prepare to strike, one central question: Where’s the money?
6 years ago

As LAUSD teachers prepare to strike, one central question: Where’s the money?

LA Times  

Los Angeles teachers, who are about to go on strike, put forward a central demand for education funding during a rally downtown in December. The message has been clear for months from the president of the Los Angeles teachers union: Not only does the L.A. Unified School District have no deficit, it has a huge reserve, more than large enough …

Los Angeles Teachers Set To Begin Massive Strike On Monday
6 years ago

Los Angeles Teachers Set To Begin Massive Strike On Monday

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Los Angeles teachers are set to strike on Monday, a plan that will impact about a half million students in the nation’s second-largest school district. “This conflict is forcing the issue of school privatization and charter schools in the Democratic Party,” said Lois Weiner, an independent researcher and consultant who has studied teachers unions. Los Angeles teachers …

What’s driving these LAUSD teachers to strike
6 years ago

What’s driving these LAUSD teachers to strike

LA Times  

Fabiana Lamm, a school psychologist in the Valley, rides her bike to her work. But they aren’t for the 31,000 teachers union members inside schools, who might deal with students with many needs or teach classes so large that there aren’t enough desks to go around. 10 / 18 Kweisi Gharreau, center, parent of two kids at Canfield Elementary School …

The nation’s wave of teacher strikes may hit L.A. this week. But here’s how ours is different
6 years ago

The nation’s wave of teacher strikes may hit L.A. this week. But here’s how ours is different

LA Times  

Thousands of protesters rally during the March for Public Education, organized by United Teachers Los Angeles, in downtown Los Angeles last month. “Although the circumstances in different states vary, the common theme across the country is a lack of investment in public education and the threat from the aggressive privatization and charterization movement,” said Alex Caputo-Pearl, president of United Teachers …

L.A. teachers union rallies supporters with call for cap on charter schools
6 years ago

L.A. teachers union rallies supporters with call for cap on charter schools

LA Times  

Parents, students and educators attend a press conference calling for a cap on charter schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District at UTLA headquarters. In its 69 pages of demands to the school district, the union representing Los Angeles teachers barely touches on charter schools. Austin Beutner on Friday said it was wrong to characterize the dispute “as a …

Op-Ed: Austin Beutner: LAUSD’s teacher contract offer creates a pathway to prevent a strike
6 years, 3 months ago

Op-Ed: Austin Beutner: LAUSD’s teacher contract offer creates a pathway to prevent a strike

LA Times  

Since I began work as superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, I’ve visited about 50 schools and listened to the stories of many students. That is why Los Angeles Unified made a contract offer today to United Teachers of Los Angeles that provides for a fair pay raise for teachers, additional teachers in high-needs schools, teacher pay aligned …

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