In a unanimous vote yesterday, leaders representing more than 300 unions affiliated with the LA County Federation of Labor pledged to stand with educators and support our strike, if we need to walk to win a good contract.
It took legal action to force LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner to make his calendar public—and now we know why he tried to keep it a secret. From May 2018 to September 2018, Beutner was more likely to hold a meeting at a restaurant than to visit a school.
UTLA tuvo hoy nuestra primera sesión de mediación con LAUSD. No hubo acuerdo, y otra sesión de mediación se ha programado para el 3 de octubre.
UTLA had our first mediation session with LAUSD today. No agreement was reached, and another mediation session has been scheduled for October 3. The UTLA Bargaining Team sent the letter below to Austin Beutner today
After refusing to negotiate for 56 days and two days before mediation, Supt. Austin Beutner today announced a bargaining proposal through the LA Times before giving it to UTLA and the 33,000 educators we represent.
UTLA filed an Unfair Practice Charge with the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) against LAUSD for trying to silence educators and for interfering with our members’ rights.
“1.5 It is recognized that the class size restrictions of this Article may not be achieved due to circumstances such as state funding limitations, changes in the student integration or other programs, or statutory changes...”
I am here because I love my students. I am here because I believe in social justice. Despite all the slings and arrows, the insults and attacks, the overwhelming challenges and obstacles, I am still here.
What is the answer to downsizing our public schools? Reinvesting. Reinvesting by recruiting and retaining educators with a fair pay increase, stopping the increases in class sizes, pushing for more per-pupil funding, giving educators a say in what tests are administered, placing commonsense regulation on charter growth alongside reasonable accountabilities on charters, and advocating for Community Schools. Read on for more information.
Today, LAUSD will present its Unaudited Actuals Report. The report shows that LAUSD’s unrestricted ending balance (“reserves”) is now at $1.863 billion for the end of the 2017-18 school year—even larger than its previous estimates of $1.7 billion.
