Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) campuses remained open on Tuesday after district negotiators struck a last-minute deal with SEIU Local 99, averting a planned strike. The agreement came just hours before the 2 a.m. PDT strike deadline on Monday evening and included a 24% wage increase for about 30,000 workers represented by the union.
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Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) reached a last-minute labor deal with SEIU Local 99, averting a strike and keeping schools open on Tuesday. The agreement includes a 24% wage increase for about 30,000 workers.
- LAUSD strikes tentative deal with SEIU Local 99 hours before strike deadline
- Agreement includes 24% wage increase for 30,000 workers and increased work hours to ensure healthcare benefits
- Mayor Karen Bass participated in negotiations to help reach a compromise
- District had already reached deals with teachers' and administrators' unions over the weekend
Mayor Karen Bass participated in negotiations to help reach a compromise between LAUSD and SEIU Local 99, which represents custodians, food workers, special education assistants, and bus drivers. "I stepped into negotiations to make sure that every effort was made to find an agreement to reach a compromise," Bass said. She acknowledged the potential disruption a strike would have caused for students and parents.
The tentative agreement also increased work hours to ensure thousands of workers had healthcare benefits and rescinded layoffs for hundreds of IT technicians. The district had previously reached tentative contract agreements with unions representing teachers and administrators over the weekend, including an average salary increase of 13.86% for teachers and a pay increase of 11.65% over two years for administrators.
Acting Superintendent Andrés E. Chait expressed pride in reaching resolutions with all labor partners. The district had warned that schools would be closed to students if the strike went forward, including Early Education centers. United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) had stated it would strike in solidarity with SEIU if an agreement wasn't reached by Tuesday's scheduled work stoppage.
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