Twenty-one Percent Salary Increase Approved by LA Teachers Union
May 10, 2023 | California
Members of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) approved a new contract with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) that would give employees a 21 percent salary increase, as both parties came to an agreement.
The agreement would raise the average teacher salary to $106,000, a 21 percent wage increase over three years.
UTLA, which represents more than 35,000 teachers, counselors, nurses, and librarians, voted with 94 percent approving the contract terms, which include raising salaries, reducing class sizes, and adding school staff over the next three years. (Excerpt from The Epoch Times.)
