The union that staged a strike and pushed hard for COVID safety -- inspiring love and loathing among parents -- is electing its leaders.
— such as a cap on class sizes — although the strike itself did not result in higher pay or better benefits. To avoid another strike, the union and school district must agree on wages that are generous enough to recruit and retain teachers as the district faces economic uncertainties.Los Angeles Unified Supt. Alberto M. Carvalho has a high-voltage style and ambitious agenda, although it’s too soon to gauge his success as students struggle with pandemic setbacks.
“The real question for the union, regardless of who’s running it is: Is what’s good for the union, in terms of what they’re advocating, also good for the students?” said Pedro Noguera, dean of the USC Rossier School of Education. “That’s what parents want to know. To the degree that parents don’t perceive that to be the case, then the union can find itself losing support.”
She talked too of building power at campuses, reducing standardized testing and fighting for racial and social justice. She also underscored fighting “privatization,” which to union members means opposing privately operated public charter schools, blocking the use of tax dollars for private-school tuition and facing off against initiatives and candidates backed by hostile donors and foundations.
“We have to look at the entire community, and you can’t pick and choose a competitive salary over a nurse on the school site,” she said. “That is all important to education.”labor dynamic is a change for Carvalho, said school board President Jackie Goldberg, because in Florida, where Carvalho worked, unions had more limited rights, as she put it, only to “meet and beg” over salary and benefits.
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