Some 65,000 teachers and support staff are threatening to walk off the job for a three-day strike.
Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said schools will temporarily close and if that happens, he warns parents should start talking now with their employers and child care providers.
"Ultimately, we must do what is in the best interest of our students as well as our workforce, which includes exercising fiscal responsibility," according to a district statement. "Our general fund is not a flexible budget reserve -- the district cannot go bankrupt. We need to be united in our efforts to provide every child with access to a high-quality public education that will prepare them for success in school and life.
Both unions are working to negotiate new labor pacts with the district, but those talks have been fruitless thus far. SEIU, which has declared an impasse in talks, announced plans earlier this month to cancel its existing contract, moving the union closer to a possible strike. UTLA followed suit a week later, and said its members would honor picket lines if SEIU called a strike.
"Workers are fed-up with living on poverty wages -- and having their jobs threatened for demanding equitable pay. Workers are fed-up with the short staffing at LAUSD -- and being harassed for speaking up," Max Arais, SEIU Local 99 executive director, said in a statement last week. "We demand that LAUSD stop the unlawful activity, or workers are ready to take stronger action to protest these unfair practices. Canceling our contract is not a decision we make lightly.
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