LOS ANGELES (KNX) – The Los Angeles teachers union rejected Los Angeles Unified School District’s latest contract offer.
The district, in what they’re calling a “historic offer”, proposed an overall 19 percent raise, as well as offered to cut class sizes by two students and staffing incentives.
United Teachers Los Angeles, however, said the offer isn’t enough.
In a statement to City News Service, Arlene Inouye, a bargaining co-chair for UTLA, said, “the district's current proposal still falls short of meeting our needs and the needs of our communities, but it is apparent that they are feeling the heat of actions taken by LAUSD workers in the past month, including the boycott of all afterschool faculty meetings that began this week."
The district said it needs to keep money in reserves for a rainy day, especially when there are concerns about a possible recession.
School Board president Jackie Goldberg told KNX News a 19 percent increase would give the average teacher a salary of $100,000 per year. She had hoped the offer would have led to a quick agreement
“Because if we’ve broken off negotiations and we head down the path, which is required by state law, of now having to go to fact-finding and all of that, we’re talking about months (to get a deal done),” she said.
One parent said the district needs to do better.
“Personally I think the teachers deserve everything,” they said. “They put so much effort into our children and you can tell the difference. I think the district needs to take better care of their teachers.”
This comes nearly a month after the LAUSD services workers went on a three-day strike before getting a new contract that included a 30 percent raise.
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