About 30,000 cafeteria workers, bus drivers, janitors, special education teachers and other members of the Service Employees International Union Local 99 have chosen March 21 as the date to begin a three-day strike.
The strike would have closed schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, with the target date announced tonight at a rally in Grand Park.
SEIU declared a strike after negotiations with the school district and previously announced it would terminate its existing contract. The union has about 30,000 workers and the 30,000-man United Teachers Los Angeles said they would respect the SEIU picket lines in the event of a strike.
Further negotiations are scheduled for Friday. LAUSD claims it offered a 5% wage
Increase retroactive to July 2021, another 5% increase retroactive to July 2022,
and a further 5% increase from July 2023, along with a 4% bonus in 2022-23
and a 5% bonus in 2023-24.
SEIU is asking for a 30% across-the-board pay raise. There is also widespread underemployment throughout the district.
The City News Service contributed to this report.
Source: Deadline
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