Tentative Contract Reached In LA Teachers Strike, Educators Expected To Be Back In Class Wednesday
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THE LATEST:
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The latest on the Los Angeles teachers strike:
9:52 a.m.
Contentious contract negotiations have resulted in a tentative deal between Los Angeles school officials and the teachers union that will allow striking educators to return to classrooms on Wednesday.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the deal Tuesday. He says it requires the approval of the teachers and the Board of Education.
Tens of thousands of members of United Teachers Los Angeles walked off the job Jan. 14 for the first time in 30 years.
Schools stayed open, staffed by a skeleton crew of substitute teachers and administrators.
The Los Angeles Unified School District is projecting a half-billion-dollar deficit this budget year and has billions obligated for pension payments and health coverage for retired teachers.
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7:46 a.m.
The office of Mayor Eric Garcetti says leaders of the Los Angeles Unified School District and the striking teachers union will give an update on contract negotiations.
Garcetti says the two sides will hold a press conference at 9:30 a.m.
The mayor’s office said earlier that the latest round of contract bargaining ended before dawn after 21 hours.
The strike by United Teachers Los Angeles is the first against the huge school district in 30 years.
It began on Jan. 14 following 21 months of unsuccessful talks.
The latest bargaining began last week after efforts by the mayor to seek a resolution.
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7 a.m.
The office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says the latest bargaining session between striking teachers and the Los Angeles Unified School District lasted 21 hours and ended before dawn Tuesday.
The mayor’s office says negotiators plan to reconvene at 9:15 a.m.
The update on the status of talks comes as the strike by United Teachers Los Angeles enters its second week.
Thousands of educators walked off the job and onto picket lines Jan. 14 for the first time in 30 years.
The union and the school district are at odds over issues including salary, class sizes and support staff.
Schools have stayed open during the strike with substitute teachers in classrooms.
Negotiations between the two sides continued through the long holiday weekend.
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6:50 a.m.
Hundreds of firefighters are marching in downtown Los Angeles to support public school teachers as their strike enters its second week.
The firefighters are taking time out Tuesday morning from a conference of the International Association of Fire Fighters to back the teachers.
Thousands of educators represented by United Teachers Los Angeles walked off the job and onto picket lines Jan. 14 for the first time in 30 years.
The union and the Los Angeles Unified School District are at odds over issues including salary, class sizes and support staff.
Schools have stayed open during the strike with substitute teachers in classrooms.
Negotiations between the two sides continued through the long holiday weekend.
The district is the second largest in the U.S. after New York City.
ORIGINAL STORY:
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Parents are concerned that little learning is happening at Los Angeles schools staffed by substitutes during a massive teacher strike in the nation’s second-largest school district.
Tens of thousands of teachers will walk picket lines again Tuesday, a day after striking for the first time in three decades over issues including salary and class sizes.
Talks broke down last week and no new negotiations are scheduled between the district and the union.
Taehyum Kim sent his two sons to school Monday so they wouldn’t ruin their perfect attendance records. But then he picked them up early after they complained they weren’t doing anything except playing chess. Kim says he’s considering keeping both home Tuesday.
District officials estimated that less than a quarter of students attended 1,240 schools on Monday.
