The district's 30,000 service workers, members of the Service Employees International Union Local 99, began picketing on Tuesday as collective bargaining negotiations between the school district and the union have so far failed to reach an agreement. The walkout means more than 600,000 students from more than 1,000 schools are sitting at home.
“As LAUSD parents and workers, SEIU Local 99 members know a strike will be a sacrifice but the school district has pushed workers to take this action,” SEIU Local 99 Executive Director Max Arias said last week. “Families have been sacrificing for far too long on poverty wages. Students have been sacrificing for too long in school environments that are not clean, safe, or supportive for all. Too many workers have been subjected to harassment simply for demanding change.
“We do not need to debate or litigate the fact that during the pandemic, kids lost a lot of ground,” Carvalho tweeted."Reading and math proficiency were hit especially hard, particularly kids who are English language learners, students in poverty and students with disabilities.
In a follow-up tweet, the superintendent wrote that the union and the district can"find a solution that dignifies our workforce and avoids an unnecessary shutdown of schools while protecting the long term viability of the school system."
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
LASchools Teachers forget that they should be comparing themselves to other professionals, not people who punch on and off the clock. Most in industry work 10 hrs/day, 50 wks a year, and oft work at home & are on call. Unlike teachers they can also be more easily fired for non-performance.
LASchools No profession spends as much time crying about how hard they work, and how many hours they put in outside the classroom (very debatable & specific to the teacher). They are also one of the few college-educated professions who are unionized and walk out on the job when displeased.
LASchools Universal school vouchers is the only solution to the train wreck that the schools have become.
LASchools The Teachers Union must be so proud😡
LASchools Trachers unions are evil.
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