After losing 3 days’ pay in a mammoth strike, 30,000 LAUSD bus drivers, custodians, and other workers have a deal.
The deal was brokered between the district and SEIU Local 99 — the union representing 30,000 bus drivers, custodians, instructional aides, cafeteria workers and special education assistants — with help from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.
He added, “We also thank Mayor Bass for her support and leadership in facilitating negotiations. When we started negotiating with SEIU, we promised to deliver on three goals. We wanted to honor and elevate the dignity of our workforce and correct well-known, decades-long inequities impacting the lowest-wage earners. We wanted to continue supporting critical services for our students. We wanted to protect the financial viability of the District for the long haul.
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 workers and teachers picket outside of Polytechnic High School in Sun Valley Wednesday, March 22, 2023. The workers, which include bus drivers, food workers, and janitors, are on day 2 of a three-day strike for higher wages. The teachers union is also backing the strike.
LAUSD student Skyla Fuentes, 18, waits for the start of a protest with SEIU workers and LAUSD teachers outside the LAUSD headquarters in Los Angeles Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Fuentes and thousands of her fellow students are out of school until Friday for a 3-day strike by SEIU workers for higher wages. The teachers union, UTLA, is also backing the strike.
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