Furlough Update

Latest on furlough days

• Negotiations & furlough days Q&A (5/15/12)

• Letter from UTLA Treasurer regarding furlough days that will be withdrawn from most employees' July 5 paycheck (5/11/12)

• Furlough days to impact July 5 paychecks (5/1/12)

• LAUSD letter from February 2012 designating 2011-2012 furlough days (2/3/12)

• Furlough Arbitration results: Arbitrator rules in LAUSD's favor (4/26/12)

• Furlough day arbitration decision still pending (4/23/12)

• Furlough day update for B-track and C-track teachers at Gage Middle School, Bell High School, Huntington Park High School, and Fremont High School.

• Furlough Day Arbitration begins April 3 (4/3/12)

• Negotiations Update: UTLA challenges LAUSD to share the pain (3/6/12)

• LAUSD has created a PROVISIONAL calendar for furlough days for this school year. These days will ONLY HAPPEN IF UTLA loses the arbitration or we reach a new agreement on furlough days. (Provisional calendar & terms of agreement)

• 17,000 payroll protest forms flood LAUSD headquarters (2/3/12)
  UTLA members take united action.
  UTLA members inundated LAUSD on Friday with 17,000 Payroll Service Request Forms to protest the deductions for furlough days taken from their paychecks without authorization. (Read more...) (Photos) (Video)

• LAUSD agrees to refund unauthorized furlough deductions (2/1/12)
  UTLA has reached a provisional agreement with LAUSD over the unauthorized deductions from employees' paychecks for unapproved furlough days.
  The District began taking deductions even though UTLA has challenged the District's calculations regarding the need for furlough days. LAUSD has now agreed to refund the unauthorized deductions.

  • Note for February 3 paycheck deduction: Most employees' February paychecks will still reflect an unauthorized deduction by LAUSD for furlough days. The refund should appear on employees' March 5 paychecks. (Read more...)

  • UTLA enters arbitration to force LAUSD to follow terms of furlough agreement: The per-student funding has met the level in the Jobs and Restoration Agreement resulting in zero furlough days by UTLA members. Despite these numbers, the District is disregarding the agreement and is pushing for six furlough days.

• UTLA takes legal action as District violates contract agreement on furlough days (1/20/12)
  The agreement dictates zero furlough days under current per-pupil funding
  UTLA is taking immediate legal action against LAUSD for violating the Job Services and Restoration agreement that UTLA members overwhelmingly approved last spring. The District has disregarded the agreement and scheduled UTLA members to take six illegal furlough days for "contingencies and other uses" to be determined by the LAUSD Board of Education. The district is is also illegally withholding money from members' paychecks. Besides legal action, UTLA is asking its' members to take action to protect their rights.
  • UTLA letter from UTLA President Warren Fletcher
• LAUSD Service Request Forms (return to Chapter Chair by Feb.2, 2012)
  (for Traditional Schools) | (for Early Childhood Ed, Adult Ed and Year-Round schools)

UTLA response to District’s December 9 memo on “2011-12 furlough day information”
UTLA has not signed ANY furlough day implementation agreement with LAUSD. Until we know the amount of money available from the state for furlough reduction, we will not sign any agreement with LAUSD.
- Click here for District clarification that furlough day information sent out was for tentative planning purposes only
- Note for year-round and Early Childhood Education members