High School Sports LAUSD strike halts sports activities, games This board, myself, my team, we have incredible respect for our bus drivers, for our custodial staff, for those who prepare and distribute meals for our students or to our students.”ĭistrict officials have denied wrongdoing in relation to an unfair labor practice complaint filed by Local 99 Carvalho has pledged an investigation to examine the claims of the union. “It recognizes that these are the employees who have made huge sacrifices. “This is a historic offer,” Carvalho said during Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting. The package would also include a one-time 3% bonus for those who have been on the job since 2020-21, along with expanded hours, more full-time positions and improved eligibility for healthcare benefits. This weekend, the district offered a cumulative 23% raise, starting with 2% retroactive as of the 2020-21 school year and ending with 5% in 2024-25. Alberto Carvalho said he is prepared to bargain around the clock. The planned three-day walkout by support staff and teachers in L.A. Some held signs portraying the superintendent as a “Miami Vice”-type character, a reference to his past job as leader of the Miami-Dade school district.Ĭalifornia Massive three-day LAUSD teacher and staff strike set for Tuesday, closing all schools They flooded onto 3rd and Boylston streets and stretched onto 4th Street and Beaudry Avenue.īanging noisemakers and ringing bells, they called on Carvalho to negotiate. “This can’t continue to happen.”īy midafternoon, red-clad member of United Teachers Los Angeles and SEIU local members, swathed in purple clothing, surrounded L.A Unified headquarters. “We are out here speaking up for our SEIU brothers and sisters who are living below the poverty line,” said Pablo Oliveros, 41, a 21-year art teacher. Pay for aides who work with special education students starts at around $19 an hour, and they can earn up to about $24 an hour working six hours a day.
“And it’s sad that I have to get up today in the rain to fight for respect because the district doesn’t understand what I and so many others do.” “I love my work and the students,” said Sanchez, 45. She chanted, “Fair wages,” from Yosemite Drive and La Roda Avenue while holding a “Respect Us! Pay Us!” sign. Her job isn’t easy, as she works with students with often unpredictable behavioral issues. Starting at 6:30 a.m., picketers converged at schools throughout the sprawling district as heavy rain soaked them.Īlejandra Sanchez, a special education assistant, joined 20 other picketers in front of Eagle Rock Junior/Senior High School.
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In the 5 a.m darkness, when bus drivers typically begin their day, hundreds of district employees joined the picket line at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Van Nuys bus yard, marching in rain ponchos and balancing signs with umbrellas.
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