LAUSD strike averted; schools open Tuesday as unions reach tentative deals with raises

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The Los Angeles Unified School District strike has been averted after LAUSD reached a tentative agreement early Tuesday morning with Local 99 of Service Employees International Union.Schools are open as usual on Tuesday, to the relief of hundreds of thousands of families and school staff.The tentative agreement was the third and final milestone needed to avert a walkout and school shutdown in the nation’s second-largest school district — and came after a tense overnight of uncertainties with an agreement announced at 2 a.m., just hours before the school day was to start.During a mid-morning news conference, Mayor Karen Bass praised the unions and the district, saying she was a “proud LAUSD graduate, parent and grandparent,” who was happy that her grandson was in class.“It’s been a long night and it’s been a long few weeks of negotiations, but our schools are open, our kids are in class, and school workers are on the job caring for and shaping the minds of our future,” she said.

Both United Teachers Los Angeles and Associated Administrators of Los Angeles had reached tentative pacts Sunday with the school district.All three deals still need to be ratified by union members.

The Board of Education also must ratify tentative agreements.“Because of your unity and readiness to take action, we secured major wins for our members — including significant improvements to wages and hours, stronger protections against subcontracting, increased staffing, and we successfully stopped layoffs for IT workers,” Local 99 stated in a social media post sent out at about 2:30 a.m.“This is what collective power looks like.”The statement added, “For tomorrow: All members should report to work as usual.”A 2 a.m.

school district alert also bill-boarded the tentative agreement.“We are pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement in principle with SEIU Local 99 that...