Commentary
The unfortunate students of the Los Angeles Unified School District! The new contract the district worked out with the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) union says it’s to help the kids, but it’s really only to help the union and its members—with the taxpayers picking up the tab.
The UTLA’s website boasted the new three-year contract, lasting until June 30, 2025, was “a victory for educators, students, and families. … This success comes after 11 months at the bargaining table and an 8-month democratic process in which UTLA members and the community identified collective priorities and spent a year of intense collective action to force LAUSD to agree to the tentative proposals outlined below.”…