Tens of thousands of workers in the L.A. Unified School District planned to walk off the job over stalled contract talks, and they will be joined in solidarity by teachers in a three-day strike that will shut down the nation's 2nd-largest school system.
Demonstrations are expected at schools across the city by members of Local 99 of the Service Employees International Union, which represents about 30,000 teachers' aides, special education assistants, bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria workers and other support staff.
“I believe this strike could have been avoided. But it cannot be avoided without individuals actually speaking to one another,” he said. During the strike, about 150 of the district's more than 1,000 schools are expected to remain open with adult supervision but no instruction, to give students somewhere to go. Dozens of libraries and parks, plus some “grab and go” spots for students to get lunches also planned to be open to kids to lessen the strain on parents now scrambling to find care.
Carvalho said the district has offered a wage increase totaling more than 20% over a multiyear period, along with a 3% bonus. In addition, the deal would include a “massive expansion of healthcare benefits,” the superintendent told Fox 11 on Monday.
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