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 South Los Angeles picket outside the school on second day of the teachers strike. On the second day of teachers strike, the United Teachers Los Angeles rally outside California Charter Schools Assn. Parents, teachers and students picket outside Hollywood High School during the second day of the United Teachers Los Angeles strike. 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 Angeles strike.

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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 …

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 …

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 …

LAUSD and union workers who led massive strike reach tentative settlement
1 year, 9 months ago

LAUSD and union workers who led massive strike reach tentative settlement

LA Times  

LAUSD workers who had been on strike for three days listen to speakers at a union rally Thursday. “Here in California this agreement will set new standards, not just for Los Angeles, but the entire state,” Max Arias, executive director of Local 99, said in a joint news conference at City Hall with Bass and L.A. schools Supt. Los Angeles, …

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 …

Three-day LAUSD strike means three days without pay. How are low-paid workers coping?
1 year, 9 months ago

Three-day LAUSD strike means three days without pay. How are low-paid workers coping?

LA Times  

LAUSD employees rally on the first day of the three-day strike in front of LAUSD headquarters Tuesday. “Imagine struggling to provide — period.” She said it’s been hard for her to support her family as the sole income earner, especially with low wages and rising inflation. “She said ‘I want the school to feel your absence,’” Marchany said. “Guys who …

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 …

Mayor Bass mediating ongoing LAUSD strike; schools to remain closed Thursday
1 year, 9 months ago

Mayor Bass mediating ongoing LAUSD strike; schools to remain closed Thursday

LA Times  

Yadira Martinez, 53, left, who works for LAUSD as special education assistant, joins the LAUSD strike at picket line near Florence Ave Elementary School in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Los Angeles public schools will remain closed Thursday, the last of a three-day strike, as Mayor Karen Bass stepped in Wednesday to join talks with union and school district leaders to …

Why LAUSD workers’ historic joint strike is ‘decades in the making’
1 year, 9 months ago

Why LAUSD workers’ historic joint strike is ‘decades in the making’

LA Times  

Los Angeles Unified workers rally on Day 1 of a three-day strike in front of district headquarters on Tuesday. But over the next century, while unions through the Rust Belt saw dwindling influence, L.A.’s union members “actually figured out how to organize immigrant workers organize whole communities,” she explained. Back then, L.A. was viewed as “a hub of low-wage work” …

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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LAUSD strike underway: How to survive the 3-day walkout
1 year, 9 months ago

LAUSD strike underway: How to survive the 3-day walkout

LA Times  

United Teachers of Los Angeles and SEIU 99 members hold a joint rally at Grand Park in a show of solidarity. Here is a guide for coping with the three-day Los Angeles Unified School District walkout that began early Tuesday morning and is set to last until Thursday. Labor board won’t halt LAUSD strike for now, but could still act …

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, …

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’ …

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 …

Strike set at LAUSD schools: What parents and students need to know
1 year, 10 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 …

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 members vote to boycott extra learning day mid-semester
2 years, 4 months ago

L.A. teachers union members vote to boycott extra learning day mid-semester

LA Times  

First-graders at Ellen Ochoa Learning Center in Cudahy participate in a pep rally on the playground during the first day of school. Los Angeles teachers union members have voted to boycott the first of four optional, extra learning days for students, saying the district plans “simply feign support for students,” the union announced Friday. “We hope the district and its …

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 …

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 …

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. teachers bask in support for strike, but pressure grows to settle amid financial losses
6 years 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 …

I'm An LAUSD Teacher. This Is Why We're Striking.
6 years ago

I'm An LAUSD Teacher. This Is Why We're Striking.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING My pregnant wife coughed and wheezed on Saturday as she fed strike signs into the laminator while fighting off a cold. Behind us, a line of teachers from all over the city waited to do the same; The teaching supply store was providing free lamination for Los Angeles teachers in preparation for the Los Angeles Unified School …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

California Democrats back teachers in LAUSD strike, but encourage a swift end to the walkout
6 years ago

California Democrats back teachers in LAUSD strike, but encourage a swift end to the walkout

LA Times  

As teachers braved the rain to strike in Los Angeles on Monday, politicians across California voiced their support for United Teachers Los Angeles. “I strongly urge all parties to go back to the negotiating table and find an immediate path forward that puts kids back into classrooms and provides parents certainty.” Newsom’s proposed budget, introduced last week, would help pay …

UTLA president calls for more money for teachers ‘in a city rife with millionaires’
6 years ago

UTLA president calls for more money for teachers ‘in a city rife with millionaires’

LA Times  

Alex Caputo-Pearl, head of United Teachers Los Angeles, speaks outside John Marshall High School on Monday morning. 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 Hall in downtown Los Angeles. 33 / 75 Student counselor Edwin Deleon, on …

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 …

Here’s what happened in the last two LAUSD teachers’ strikes, in 1970 and 1989
6 years ago

Here’s what happened in the last two LAUSD teachers’ strikes, in 1970 and 1989

LA Times  

May 26, 1989: Teachers give the thumbs-up sign as they march back to their classrooms at Venice High School following the end of their strike. May 5, 1989: Chanting “We want Britton,” students from Belmont High School mass at doors of the LAUSD district’s headquarters downtown, demanding to see Supt. ‘’Education, unfortunately, has deteriorated to a terrible level in this …

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 …

L.A. teachers strike appears more likely as a key report fails to bring the union and district together
6 years ago

L.A. teachers strike appears more likely as a key report fails to bring the union and district together

LA Times  

Hundreds of protesters joined in with UTLA to march for Public Education on Grand Avenue near the Broad Museum on Saturday. “The report says that Los Angeles Unified’s offer of 6% is appropriate and UTLA has agreed it’s appropriate.… And back pay to 2017 is appropriate,” Beutner said at a news conference. “Beutner’s latest stunt proves he wants to create …

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