Latest Update: March 11, 2026
After Monday’s fact-finding presentations, the 150-member UTLA bargaining team was prepared to stay all day to work out a mediated settlement and avoid a strike, but mediation ended today at 12:30 pm with no agreement.
With billions in reserves, LAUSD could have settled a fair contract today that prioritizes the needs of educators and students — and they chose not to. LAUSD hascommitted $6.7 billion in multi-year contracts to private companies since 2022 but comes to our contract negotiations offering scraps.
We force them to rethink that decision by rallying tens of thousands strong on March 18 and showing we are ready to strike if they don’t change course.
Read more in the update below.
