L.A. teachers union seeks 20% raise, saying educators are stressed out and priced out

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Ongoing economic uncertainties and the high costs of living and housing in Los Angeles have intensified teachers' focus on contract talks as teachers worry about career sustainability and increasing workloads.

a significant pay increase, along with more support for child care, healthcare and transportation. The workers have rallied on campuses throughout the state for several weeks and held sit-ins on Monday, with sides far apart on money.

Other factors also are making the job challenging, including working with students who are behind academically and have greater emotional needs because of pandemic hardships. The rallies included parent supporters. Some other parent leaders, who did not attend, are concerned about labor strife leading to more potential learning disruptions. The previous contract settlement was reached only after a one-week strike in January 2019.

Carvalho has acknowledged that such assessments are not always well organized or consistent from one region of the district to another, but has defended their intent. The tests are used as fundamental measures to guide instruction across the system, especially under the data-oriented Carvalho.The alarming dip in math proficiency and smaller declines in English in the last two pandemic-disrupted school years hit students who were already behind.

The union package also calls for a freeze on school closures — which are increasingly hard to avoid as enrollment shrinks — and an end to “the over-policing and criminalization of students in schools.”

 

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thank you for presenting an accurate summary of our proposals/what students deserve UTLAnow members pride 'Negotiations with UTLA are relatively distinct' 'UTLA is known for pushing hard compared with teacher unions elsewhere' we are not playing

While probably true, I don’t see how protesting will help.

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