1. Background

2. Strike and negotiations

3. Response

4. References

• Occupation
• Demonstrations
• Internet activism
• Walkout

• 6 percent pay raise
• Reduction in class size by 4 students over three years
• Guaranteed nurse in every school
• Guaranteed librarian for all middle and high schools
• Establishment of 30 community schools

More than 30,000 public-school teachers of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) went on strike from January 14 to 22, 2019.^[1] Protesting low pay, large class sizes, inadequate support staffs of nurses and librarians, and the proliferation of charter schools, the teachers went on strike for the first time in the district in 30 years. The strike was authorized by United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA).

Background

In September 2018, 98% of UTLA union members authorized a strike over numerous disputes and a failure of months of contract negotiations. Demands included familiar issues such as salary increases and classroom size reduction, though a new issue predominated the discussions: the authority and control over the proliferation of charter schools.^[2] Fact-finding efforts (mediators) took several months, eventually ruling that that the union had not bargained in good faith on several of the non-pay related matters.^[3][4] The fact-finding report failed to resolve matters; UTLA stated that a strike would proceed on January 10, 2019.^[5]

Strike and negotiations

On January 14, 2019, 30,000 teachers walked out in what was the first teacher's strike in Los Angeles since 1989.^[6] The strike lasted six days.^[1] Schools remained open, with substitute teachers and administrative staff filling in for the striking teachers, but school attendance was estimated to have dropped to less than half during the strike. Teachers and their supporters held rallies around the city, including at City Hall and LAUSD headquarters.^[7]

UTLA and the school district reached a deal on January 22, 2019,^[8] after an all-night negotiating session. The agreement included a 6 percent pay raise for teachers, a reduction in class size by 4 students per class for grades four through 12 over the course of three years, the removal of a provision that had previously allowed larger class sizes during times of economic hardship, and a "commitment to provide a full-time nurse in every school" as well as a librarian for every middle and high school.^[1] The deal also included the establishment of 30 community schools around the district, modeled after similar programs in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Austin, Texas, seeking to provide students with social services and learning experiences in the arts. The deal contained no binding agreements on charter schools, but it did include a non-binding resolution calling on the state to establish a cap on charter schools.^[1]

Response

This was first teachers' strike in the LAUSD in 30 years.^[9] The strike encouraged a walkout in Virginia, a longtime right-to-work state scheduled to begin on January 28, 2019 if the Virginia Education Association does not have their demands met by the Government of Virginia.{{cn|date=February 2019}}

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