WOODLAND HILLS (CNS) – Educators at El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills are on strike Monday after months of negotiations between the United Teachers Los Angeles and management have yet to produce a contract.
The strike started at 8 a.m. Monday at El Camino Real High School with union leaders at a news conference giving updates on negotiations. According to a UTLA representative, teachers have been working without a contract since July and two mediation sessions have failed to produce a new deal.
The school is planning to have a news conference at the school starting at 10 a.m.
The last meeting with the administration and UTLA was on Friday. The last teachers contract expired on July 1, 2024, and the teachers are negotiating for better pay.
An agreement between the school and the teachers in place since 2011 that the teachers disconnect from Los Angeles Unified School District in exchange for salaries 6% above the district pay is not being met, the union says.
It was revealed at a Board of Directors meeting in December the administration received a 15% salary increase retroactive to July 1, 2024. It was followed by a vote of 5-1 in January to cut 44 credentialed positions, including five counselors, five English teachers, one school psychologist and nine SPED teacher.
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