Bargaining Update 2/3/25:
Greetings Members,
Today we met with the District. There were many conversations and below is summary of the topics/articles discussed.
Salary and Benefits: The District has no movement on their financial proposal. They offer 1.07% nonretroactive COLA and the one-time money only for members that take District Health insurance. The Association is asking for 4.07% COLA. This is the 1.07% from this year and the 3% of the COLA that the District kept from last year. The District currently has $153,551,417 in the unrestricted reserve and currently also has $141,695,330 sitting in the “Books and Supplies” budget. The members deserve their COLA from last year and this year. In addition, all members deserve the one-time money, and the bargaining team is still pushing for ALL members to get it. The District has budgeted about 9 million dollars to retain teachers and the bargaining team feels this can be used for the longevity bonuses. Longevity bonuses are becoming more common in surrounding districts and remains a strong retainment tool for teachers in LUSD.
Work Day/Work Year: The members were clear that they wanted more time to work in there classrooms at the beginning of the year and desperately needed changes to the extra duties teachers have to work outside the instructional day. The District is not interested in giving more time in classrooms or fixing the extra duties problems. They have only offered to move one PD day to the Monday we come back from winter break.
Seven Period Day: This has been a big topic. The bargaining team has been surveying teachers and meeting with groups to hash out the details to try and mitigate the problems and issues that will occur if a 7-period day is implemented. The association has asked the District for more time to continue to work with high school teachers and make a plan that is in the best interest of students and teachers. A rushed plan is a failed plan.
Transfers and Assignments: This is a complex topic and we will update everyone more as we continue to make progress