More than 400,000 students in Los Angeles will have an impromptu three-day vacation as the negotiations between the school district and the teachers’ union broke down and the teachers will go on a three-day strike, KABC ABC-7 in Los Angeles reports.
“This afternoon, SEIU (Service Employees International Union) Local 99 had agreed to enter a confidential mediation process with LAUSD to try and address our differences,” the union said in a statement. “Unfortunately, LAUSD broke that confidentiality by sharing it with the media before our bargaining team, which makes all decisions, had a chance to discuss how to proceed. This is yet another example of the school district’s continued disrespect of school workers. We are ready to strike. We want to be clear that we are not in negotiations with LAUSD. We continue to be engaged in the impasse process with the state.”