More than 30,000 cafeteria workers, bus drivers, custodians, special education assistants and more are preparing to strike.
4:30 a.m. picket lines at Van Nuys Bus Yard, 16200 Roscoe Blvd.1 p.m. rally at LAUSD Headquarters, 333 South Beaudry Ave., Los Angeles.7 a.m. news conference and picketing at Polytechnic High School, 12431 Roscoe Blvd., Sun Valley;4:30 a.m. picket lines at BD Bus Yard 774 E. 17th St., Los Angeles;
The planned three-day walkout would be the first major labor disruption for the district since UTLA teachers went on strike for six days in 2019. That dispute ended thanks in part to intervention by then-Mayor Eric Garcetti, who helped spur labor talks at City Hall and broker a deal between the district and union.
According to the district, the offer included a 5% wage increase retroactive to July 2021, another 5% increase retroactive to July 2022 and another 5% increase effective July 2023, along with a 4% bonus in 2022-23 and a 5% bonus in 2023-24. Carvalho sent a message to district parents and staff Monday saying that a walkout by more than 60,000 workers would likely mean a closure of all schools in the district.
"What are the consequences? The consequences are once again learning loss, deprivation of safety and security that schools provide to our kids, deprivation of food and nutrition that many of our kids depend on," Carvalho said. "I know that we focus our attention on the needs of the workforce. I need to focus my attention also primarily on the needs of our kids."
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