A three-day walkout planned by Los Angeles Unified School District teachers and school staff is looming and set for next week. Here is what you need to know:
The planned three-day walkout by support staff and teachers in L.A. Unified would shut down schools. Supt. Alberto Carvalho said he is prepared to bargain around the clock.The walkout would be led by Local 99 of SEIU. Local 99 represents about 30,000 workers including bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria and other food service workers, campus security aides, teaching assistants and aides for students with disabilities.
The teachers union is seeking a 20% raise over two years, starting with 10% for the current school year. , typically last for a fixed duration and can be staged without going through the steps of bargaining that usually precede an open-ended strike, according to the unions.Los Angeles schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho said he and district negotiators areHe said a strike would further harm more than 420,000 students trying to recover academically and emotionally from the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced them into remote learning for more than year.
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