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The House of Representatives for the Los Angeles teachers union Wednesday night rejected the contract negotiated by union leadership. It will still go before rank-and-file members of United Teachers Los Angeles, who will have the final say on whether it is approved.
The proposed settlement retains the endorsement of union officers and the board of directors, said union president A.J. Duffy.
The settlement would set up a new process for addressing school safety issues and would allow the union to go public with grievance filings that are still in progress. It also would bar the Los Angeles Unified School District from punishing any teacher who boycotted standardized periodic assessments of students, which many teachers consider a waste of time and money. The tentative agreement is silent on salary matters.
Union leadership said the settlement would allow them to focus on saving the jobs of some 6,000 teachers and other union members who face layoffs. Some opponents argued against the pact because, they said, the union needed to retain the threat of a strike.
The Board of Education is considering measures to cut nearly $600 million from next year’s budget.
-- Howard Blume
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