LA Teachers Go On Strike For First Time In 30 Years
In the first walkout since 1989, the 30,000 teachers represented by United Teachers of Los Angeles went on strike after 21 months of failed negotiations.
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In the first walkout since 1989, the 30,000 teachers represented by United Teachers of Los Angeles went on strike after 21 months of failed negotiations.
The union representing Los Angeles Unified School District's 30,000 teachers now say they will postpone a strike until Monday due to the possibility a judge will rule it didn't give the district enough notice.
A massive LAUSD teachers' strike is looming as students prepare to return to the classroom Monday.
Teachers, who are demanding a higher salary increase and a bigger investment in reducing class sizes, will go on strike starting Jan. 10 no deal is reached. The district has planned for a possible strike by hiring hundreds of substitute teachers, a move that outraged UTLA.
Thousands of teachers who may go on strike against the nation's second-largest school district next month marched and rallied in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday.
A third day of mediation efforts between the Los Angeles Unified School District and its teachers' union failed to produce a labor agreement.
The Banning Teachers Association says the district made their work days longer, but didn't compensate them for the extra hours.
La Habra teachers will return to the picket lines Monday, protesting cuts to pay and health benefits that school district officials want to make permanent.
Teachers in the La Habra City School district are walking the picket line for a second day in a row in protest of cuts to pay and health benefits that school district officials want to make permanent.
Talks between school district officials and the La Habra Education Association, which represents the district's 225 teachers, broke down Tuesday afternoon, prompting the walkout.
