Los Angeles Teachers Union (UTLA) Archives

After Denying Learning Loss, UTLA Opposes Teaching Days to Catch Kids Up

September 8, 2022 7:32 amSeptember 8, 2022 7:54 am

As the school year begins, California’s schools are in dire shape. According to the most recent statewide Smarter Balanced assessments, more than 60 percent of third graders are reading below their grade level. Across all grade levels, roughly half of...

CA Teachers Union Did Oppo Research on Parents Who Wanted Schools to Reopen During COVID

September 7, 2022 5:51 pmSeptember 7, 2022 6:51 pm

Reopen California Schools just exposed via emails received through California Public Records Act requests that the California Teachers Association labor union conducted opposition research on parent groups pushing for school reopening during the government ordered COVID school shutdowns in California. https://twitter.com/ReopenCASchools/status/1566899054906290176 Opposition...

LA Teachers Union Rallying Teachers to Condemn Israel

June 11, 2021 7:52 am

The UTLA teachers union has been rallying teachers throughout the district to support a resolution condemning Israel and supporting Palestine – creating more unnecessary divisive politics amongst teachers and students and families. Last week, UTLA President Cecily Myart-Cruz released a statement to...

Parents Sue LA Teachers Union and LAUSD for Personal Injury to Kids for Continuing School Closures

March 31, 2021 10:03 amMarch 31, 2021 10:18 am

It’s been a year since California Gov. Gavin Newsom first declared a state of emergency in March 2020 and authorized school closures across the state. In that year, we’ve learned a lot about the risks of COVID-19, and we’ve watched...

As Teachers Unions Fight to Keep Kids Out of School, Parents Get Creative

August 5, 2020 2:18 amAugust 4, 2020 8:40 pm

In July the United Teachers Los Angeles union announced that Los Angeles Unified District schools effectively would not reopen unless certain conditions are met: privately operated publicly funded charter schools are shut down, police are defunded, Medicare-for-All government-run health care is...

LA Teachers Ready to Walk the Line

January 14, 2019 5:15 amJanuary 17, 2019 1:03 pm

Teachers in Los Angeles will be walking a picket line on Monday for only the third time in the Los Angeles Teachers Union’s (UTLA) five-decade history. The battle lines drawn in this dispute appear to be about not only salaries...