LAUSD strike still on for Tuesday despite tentative agreements with two of three unions
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As hours tick by Monday, it remains unclear whether the Los Angeles Unified School District will be shut down Tuesday by a powerful union triumvirate — even though two of the three unions announced settlements on Sunday.The protracted talks means that families of 390,000 students still must scramble to make contingency plans for their children Tuesday — and some 70,000 workers, including teachers and school principals, don’t know if they will be at work or on a picket line.The holdout union, Local 99 of Service Employees International Union, is scheduled to resume mediation Monday afternoon.
All three unions have pledged to go out if any of the three does not achieve a tentative agreement.Negotiators were taking a respite Monday morning after a Sunday mediation session that lasted from about 10 a.m.till about 9:30 p.m.
Both sides also will use the morning to assess the status of talks and where they want to go next in bargaining to break the stalemate or achieve final gains.Local 99 represents about 30,000 teacher aides, campus aides, gardeners, custodians, bus drivers, cafeteria workers and tech support staff.
California Here is a guide of resources that includes food distribution, childcare and student devices for families during the LAUSD strike.The Board of Education begins a closed session at 10 a.m.at district headquarters, just west of downtown.
The top agenda item is “Conference with Labor Negotiators.” All the district unions are listed because the board must discuss potential actions its several non-striking unions are likely to take on Tuesday: Will they honor picket lines? Will its members be available to carry out emergency tasks on campuses or provide support for families? Those unions represent school police, school clerical workers and custodial and cafeteria supervisors, among others.The two unions with tentative agreements announced Sunday are Unit...