Over 30,000 Los Angeles school custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, and other student services staff are represented by the union, which was advocating for higher pay and improved working conditions.
Following a three-day strike, a settlement has been reached between the Los Angeles Unified School District and Service Employees International Union Local 99, authorities announced at a news conference on Friday.
The union’s negotiating unit and the board of education must both approve the agreement, the district stated in a news release.
When each party will vote on the deal is unknown.
During the press conference, Executive Director Max Arias stated that the union had “no strike plan for the near future.”
The agreement would be in force until June 30, 2024, according to a news release from the school system, assuming it is approved.
The following are the conditions that were reached as stated by Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho:
Pay increases of 6% per year with effect from July 1, 2021; 7% per year with effect from July 1, 2022; and 7% per year with effect from July 1, 2023.
All employees will see a $2 per hour boost as of January 1, 2024.
A $1,000 incentive will be given to current staff members who worked for the district in the 2020–21 academic year.
The minimum wage in the Los Angeles Unified School District will increase to $22.52 per hour.
Health benefits, including coverage for their eligible families, are provided to part-time workers who are scheduled to work four or more hours per day.
Increase the number of hours and pay paraprofessionals who work with students get.
Spend $3 million on a fund for SEIU members’ academic and professional advancement.
In solidarity of the workers’ strike, which ran from Tuesday to Thursday, teachers and their union marched. The second-largest district in the country, with 500,000 students, reopened its doors to students on Friday.
Separate contact negotiations between the district and the United Teachers of Los Angeles union are taking place.
