LA Support Staff Reach Tentative Pay Deal After Three-Day Strike

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) workers and supporters rally in Los Angeles on march 23. Photographer: Mario Tama/Getty Images 
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The Los Angeles Unified School District and the union representing school support staff struck a tentative pay deal, after a strike kept 430,000 students out of the classroom for three days.

The deal for teacher assistants, custodians, cafeteria staff, bus drivers and other support staff in LA public schools includes a 6%-7% a year wage increase retroactive to 2021 plus another $2 per hour from next year and a $1,000 bonus for current employees who had worked through the pandemic.