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Upcoming Events

UTLA Leadership Conference


United Teachers Los Angeles is a union of professionals representing 48,000 public school teachers and health and human services professionals in the Los Angeles area.

Are you being directed to "flush" your drinking fountain?

UTLA to fight pay cuts - Pay cuts at LAUSD proposed in the form of furlough days and elimination of buy-back days.
Read Duffy's letter »

State Budget Crisis

June 6th Job Action

View media coverage of June 6th protests

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Chapter Chair Report Form

Parents: Sign the parent petition in support of UTLA’s June 6 action

Thanks to all who participated. See photo gallery »

District Budget Cuts

Cuts hurt kids and so does LAUSD’s budget

picket signSee LAUSD's 2008-2009 Provisional Budget

District reveals budget with misplaced priorities - Read UTLA's Talking Points

Memo to LAUSD: Cut the padding before cutting pay

Prop 39 Update: LAUSD pulls offer to charters of campus space at seven schools

Prop 39 campus status as of 5-5-08

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Innovation & reform

UTLA is a driving force for school reform. The latest on:

Innovation Division
Belmont Zone of Choice
Expanded School Based Management (ESBMM)
Supt. Brewer’s High Priority School Program

LAUSD payroll debacle

Fiscal Year Change Effects Salary Payment for Traditional Calendar Schools

Read Daily News article - "System failure: cost of LAUSD pay fiasco will linger on" – Editorial - June 17, 2008

See the new draft LAUSD paystub design

The latest on the payroll debacle including how UTLA is fighting for our members.

Contract negotiations

Save, don’t spend your double August paycheck. LAUSD threatens cuts in pay & benefits for next year.

0% makes zero sense
District officials are using next year’s budget shortfall to justify not giving you a raise this year.

What you can do to protest state & local budget cuts:

Send a letter to your Legislator to protest State Budget Cuts.

Call CTA’s “Cuts Hurt” hotline to leave your legislator a message

Legislator contact info

duffyUTLA Responds to the proposed State Budget Cuts
Watch video

The LAUSD Waste Basket

Examples of excessive and unnecessary spending and
mismanagement.

$400 million on computers and few new ones to be found!

Announcements

Elementary Report Cards - If you had problems with the District’s computer system, read this memo.

Chapter Chair elections begin
Don’t forget to hold your election for Chapter Chairs and Co-chair or vice chair for the 2008-2009 school year.

Summer School Applications Available

Media coverage

duffyKNBC News Conference
May 11, 2008 - Laurel Erickson Interviews A.J. Duffy on the State Budget Cuts.Watch Video

Conferences

Trinational Conference triumph at UTLA

View Duffy’s speech

Professional Development & Educational Opportunities

The Helen Bernstein Professional Development Center


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