Overview
- SEIU Local 99, which represents about 30,000 support staff, reached an agreement in principle early Tuesday that includes a 24% wage increase, expanded hours tied to health care, a halt to IT layoffs, and protections against subcontracting.
- With that final union on board, LAUSD said schools are open Tuesday, averting a shutdown that would have disrupted learning for roughly 400,000 students.
- UTLA and AALA secured tentative agreements Sunday that raise salary scales by 11.65% over two years, lift the starting teacher salary to $77,000, and set clearer work-hour boundaries for administrators.
- All three deals remain tentative, since union members still need to vote and the LAUSD Board must approve the agreements before contract language is finalized.
- The agreements follow more than a year of bargaining and strike planning, as the district readied online lessons, meal sites and child supervision, while low-paid staff pointed to average annual pay near $35,000 and reduced hours that threatened benefits.