A union representing teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is going to boycott the district’s first of four optional instruction days, which its members said were added to this school year without labor negotiation.
United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) announced Aug. 26 that 93 percent of its more than 34,000 members voted in support of the boycott. The union will hold a rally on Oct. 19 calling on the district to compromise.
“The district chose to add these ‘accelerated days’ … without consulting with parents, teachers or other school workers,” union officials said in a statement.
The four additional days will take place on four Wednesdays—Oct. 19, Dec. 7, March 15, 2023, and April 19, 2023—according to district officials….