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UTLA Conceptual Bargaining Proposals for Restarting Schools in 2020-2021

UTLA makes the following conceptual proposals concerning the impact and effects of starting instruction and potentially reopening LAUSD schools for the 2020-2021 school year, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

UTLA-LAUSD BARGAINING PROPOSALS FOR STARTING LAUSD SCHOOLS IN 2020-2021 Download

Contract Reopener Bargaining

On January 29, 2020 we began contract reopener bargaining with LAUSD, focusing on issues that need the most attention before full contract bargaining in 2022.



Update from February 27th bargaining session

After 3 bargaining sessions, LAUSD has failed to bring any proposals or counter proposals to the table. UTLA has made proposals on salary and compensation, HHS staffing, and Special Education. Furthermore, despite getting information and hearing passionate stories about the day to day challenges facing our bilingual educators and special educators in the last two sessions, the district still refused to commit to bringing proposals to the table on March 26th, when we have our next bargaining session.

These are the Bilingual Educators who joined the bargaining team on February 27th: Xiaoyan (Helen) Han (Castelar ES), Karla Govan (Stoner ES), Esperanza Trujillo (Madison MS), Ofelia Sofi Ryan (PSA Counselor), Mallorie Evans (DHH/Audiology) and Cheryl Ortega (UTLA Board Member for Bilingual Education).

Update from February 12th bargaining session

February 12 was our second reopener bargaining session with LAUSD. At the first session, UTLA made proposals on three issues: Salary & Compensation, Special Education, and Class Size & HHS staffing. These proposals came from gathering input from groups of members representing the different sectors of our union, and were approved by the Board of Directors. We informed the district that we were ready for serious bargaining and wanted to schedule sessions every other week between now and June.

At this second session, the district failed to present us with a counter proposal on our Special Education demands. The UTLA bargaining team included six Special Education practitioners who spoke passionately and convincingly about their real-life conditions, and why the proposals were essential for their students and themselves. They shared stories about having 25 students in a secondary SDC class and how it is impossible to give students what they need under such conditions; about being a new teacher and not having a mentor; the frustration of having five grade spans in one elementary SDC class; and how often their paraprofessional colleagues are pulled out of their class to do translation and support other teachers. Their stories were heartfelt and compelling, and expressed why our Special Education proposals are needed to improve the conditions for Special Education students and educators.

The next bargaining session is scheduled for Thursday, February 27. We have demanded that written counterproposals be provided by the district at that session.

These are the Special Education teachers who joined the bargaining team on February 12: Deborah Loperena (Blythe ES), Debby Schneider Solis (Arminta ES), Natalie Alvarez (Berendo MS), Mary Potter (Dodson MS), Clark Smith (Van Nuys MS) and Lucia Arias (UTLA Board member for Special Education).

Next bargaining session

-Thursday, March 26th, 2020



Our demands:

Compensation increases, including an across-the-board salary increase, expanded bilingual differentials, and greater pay equity for Adult Ed, Early Ed, and CTE teachers

Special Education supports, including lower caseloads and more school psychologists

Increased HHS staffing, such as PSWs and PSAs, crucial to student mental health and school discipline plans

Full text of the proposals



UTLA Proposal-Special Education 1-29-20 Download

UTLA Proposal-Salary & Compensation 1-29-20 Download

UTLA Proposal-Class Size 1-29-20 Download

Autonomous Schools

UTLA Proposal-Autonomous Schools 2-7-20 Download



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Special Ed Bargaining

10.04.2019

After stalling for two sessions and mounting pressure from UTLA, LAUSD finally showed progress at the bargaining table for the special education inclusion pilot program, but there are outstanding issues we will continue to fight for. Our next bargaining session is scheduled for Oct. 16.

UTLA MOU Proposal #3 10-4-19 Download

UTLA MOU Proposal #2-Expanded Inclusion Pilot 8-30-19 Download

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UTLA RATIFIED AGREEMENT 2019



TENTATIVE AGREEMENT IN FULL

Click below to read the 40-page full agreement

STRIKE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

STRIKE PAYROLL IMPACT LETTER

BOE RESOLUTION TO BE INTRODUCED

Language for Board of Education on LAUSD charter caps.

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BARGAINING 2017-19

We have been in negotiations with LAUSD since April 2017. We have been working without a contract for almost one year. Even with $1.86 billion reserves, LAUSD says it does not have the money to improve our schools to include lower class sizes, accountability for charter schools and a real reinvestment in school safety, vital staffing and educational programs. Since 2008, the cost of living in LA has increased 27% yet the district offers stagnant wages and healthcare.

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