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Los Angeles is supposed to be the City of Angels, but it seems more like it's the city of communists, at least as far as the teachers are concerned. The nation's second-largest school system is threatening a 3-day strike this coming week starting on Tuesday, March 21 through Thursday, March 23.
Members of SEIU Local 99, aka Education Workers United, an obvious oxymoron, voted to approve a strike with support from the district's Democrat teacher's union, United Teachers Los Angeles, which represents 35,000 so-called educators. They vow to honor the strike and will not cross the picket lines.
Workers in the thousands, from lunch workers to school bus drivers working in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) are demanding more money, more full-time work, respect, more staffing levels for better student services, and bonuses for being forced to come into the schools now that Covid isn't what it was cracked up to be.
They say the school district has engaged in "unfair practices" and that there hasn't been much progress since the negotiations started in April of last year, possibly due to the fact that meetings tend to be a situation where the minutes are kept and hours are wasted.
In December, SEIU Local 99 announced talks had reached an impasse and a state mediator was appointed to oversee communications between the two parties.
The strike was authorized by 96% of LAUSD school workers represented by SEIU Local 99 in February. The 4% who opposed the strike have not been seen nor heard from since Valentine's Day.
During a Wednesday news conference, district Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said that the strike will make it "virtually impossible to keep schools open."
So too bad kids. You won't learn about the 57 genders and how to choose your pronouns.
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