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Unions press LAUSD for higher pay, transparency on subcontracting as board weighs budget
Summary
United Teachers Los Angeles and SEIU Local 99 demanded the board direct the superintendent back to bargaining and called out alleged understaffing, secret contracts and poverty wages during a lengthy labor partner segment at the meeting.
Multiple labor partners told the board Dec. 16 that contract talks with the district have stalled and that frontline workers — cafeteria staff, custodians, campus aides and special‑education assistants — are struggling with low pay and understaffed sites.
A UTLA speaker asked the board to direct the superintendent to return to bargaining with SEIU Local 99 and urged new transparency for district contracting, saying the district "chooses not to include…
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