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Workers in the nation's second-largest school system are calling for higher wages as a district-wide

Workers in the nation's second-largest school system are calling for higher wages as a district-wide shutdown looms. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ [Los Angeles Times] [Essential California Newsletter] March 17, 2023 [View in browser]( [Click to view images]( Local 99 and United Teachers Los Angeles members hold a joint rally at Grand Park in a show of solidarity on Wednesday. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) By Ryan Fonseca Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California [newsletter](. It’s Friday, March 17. As many as 65,000 Los Angeles Unified workers — teachers, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, custodians, nurses, librarians, special education assistants and others — from the district’s two largest labor unions [plan a three-day walkout]( beginning Tuesday, March 21. The expected walkout would force schools to close, and “represent the largest and longest full disruption of education [for LAUSD] since the six-day teachers’ strike of 2019,” Times reporters Howard Blume and Andrew J. Campa [noted this week](. “Not even pandemic campus closures, which lasted more than a year in Los Angeles, resulted in a complete halt to academic instruction.” Leaders for Local 99 of Service Employees International Union and United Teachers Los Angeles [announced the strike during a massive rally]( on Wednesday, calling for wage increases and improved conditions. The strike follows a breakdown in negotiations between LAUSD officials and SEIU Local 99, which is [calling for a 30% pay increase]( for all its members, plus an additional boost for the lowest-wage workers. The pay increases are viewed as vital to help move LAUSD workers — many of whom work at schools part-time — out of poverty. LAUSD’s offer to Local 99 members includes: - a 5% ongoing wage increase retroactive to July 1, 2021 - an additional 5% ongoing wage increase retroactive to July 1, 2022 - a 5% wage increase that would take effect on July 1, 2023 - a one-time 4% “retention bonus” for the current school year - another one-time 5% bonus the following year Salary and raises are not the only issue. Local 99 and UTLA are also fighting for smaller class sizes and improved working conditions. “Working families cannot wait for living wages,” Local 99 Executive Director Max Arias [told The Times last month](. “Students cannot wait for clean, safe and supportive schools.” Local 99 is leading the strike, with UTLA members joining in solidarity. The latter group is also in negotiations with LAUSD for wage increases. Local 99 leaders say the three-day strike is in protest of alleged illegal actions by L.A. Unified during the negotiation process. Arias [told Blume last month]( that workers “have been subjected to surveillance, intimidation and harassment by the school district” during the bargaining process. LAUSD denies any wrongdoing. With a three-day closure of all L.A. schools looming, district officials are scrambling to soften the blow to more than 420,000 students and their families. L.A. schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho emailed families this week, advising them to make child-care arrangements. He said the district is speaking with community groups about a plan to get food to kids — given that many rely on school lunches through the school week — and help families with child care. Carvalho also vowed to be available around the clock to meet with union leaders and come to a resolution. “I commit myself 24/7, day and night ... to find a solution that will avoid, will avert a strike that will avoid keeping kids home, will avoid kids from going hungry in our community without access to the food they get in school,” he said during a Wednesday news conference. As of Thursday evening, no new talks between Local 99 and LAUSD had been scheduled, though that could change in the coming days. And now, here’s what’s happening across California, from Karim Doumar: Note: Some of the sites we link to may limit the number of stories you can access without subscribing. 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Times newsroom, delivers the most interesting stories from the Los Angeles Times every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. [Listen and subscribe]( wherever you get your podcasts. POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT Gov. Gavin Newsom this week will announce plans to remake San Quentin, one of the state’s most storied prisons, using a Scandinavian prison model that emphasizes rehabilitation. The vision for a new San Quentin includes [job training for careers that can pay six figures]( in trades such as plumbing, electrical work or truck driving, and using the complex as a last stop of incarceration before release. [L.A. Times]( Mayor Karen Bass says the city will house 4,000 homeless people during her first 100 days. Bass intends to get to 1,000 in part by carrying out more encampment operations. [L.A. 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