The 3-day walkout ends Friday, union officials said, when 30,000 bus drivers, cafeteria workers, custodians and special education assistants will return to work.
The strike marked the first time SEIU Local 99 members had walked off the job since 1969. It was made doubly historic by the unity displayed between UTLA and SEIU.all the schools shows how essential we are,” said Amy Oui, a music teacher at Polytechnic High School, who attended the rally. “We literally keep the schools open.”UTLA and SEIU members picket at Avalon Gardens Steam Academy Elementary School in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 23, 2023.
LAUSD teachers join school support staff in their fight for better wages at LA State Historic Park in downtown Los Angeles during the SEIU/UTLA strike on Thursday, March 23, 2023. SEIU/UTLA hold a rally at LA State Historic Park in downtown Los Angeles as teachers join support staff in their fight for better wages on Thursday, March 23, 2023.
LAUSD teachers join school aids in their fight for better wages at LA State Historic Park in downtown Los Angeles during the SEIU/UTLA strike on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Though vexing, the lack of an agreement did not appear to catch workers off guard. The district and union leaders have already been bargaining for around a year without being able to see eye-to-eye.
Max Arias, Executive Director of SEIU Local 99 issued the following statement on Thursday: “We are grateful that the Mayor has stepped in to provide leadership in an effort to find a path out of our current impasse. Education workers have always been eager to negotiate as long as we are treated with respect and bargained with fairly, and with the Mayor’s leadership we believe that is possible.”
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