Overview
- Following Thursday’s mediation sessions, negotiations will run through the weekend before a Tuesday, April 14 strike deadline involving teachers, service workers, and administrators.
- LAUSD published a family resource portal with 10-day learning packets, device and internet help, food distribution maps, child supervision options, and mental health support.
- District officials say campuses would close if any two of the three unions walk out, and the three groups together represent roughly 70,000 of the district’s 83,300 workers.
- The dispute centers on pay and job security, with the district offering 13% over three years to SEIU Local 99, a 3% bonus plus staggered raises to UTLA, and 4% + 4% for administrators, as unions press for larger increases and protection from about 700 approved layoffs.
- LAUSD cites a $191 million deficit and declining enrollment as limits on raises, while unions point to large reserves, and the district says UTLA declined an offer for an independent fiscal review.