United Teachers Los Angeles - Bargaining Updates

Healthcare

Latest Update: December 3, 2025

The eight employee unions in LAUSD have reached a tentative agreement on healthcare with the district. The agreement maintains fully paid healthcare and sidelines LAUSD’s attempts to start passing costs onto employees.

Win Our Future

Latest Update: December 2, 2025

After weeks with no new salary proposal from LAUSD, the district came to bargaining tonight with an insulting offer that proves they are not serious about reaching a contract agreement that supports educators.

Their new offer scarcely deviates from their original 2% + 2% proposal: It increases the year-one pay raise to 2.5% and adds a one-time payment of 1% in year two that wouldn’t count toward retirement. LAUSD’s pay raise offer underscores the low priority they place on the people who do the work of the district every day while tthe district sits on $5.03 billion in reserves.

The district continued to cite unidentified budget concerns to justify their low-ball salary offer, even though their financial team confirmed the funding that was hidden from the district’s budget presentations and can be used to meet our demands on salary, staffing, and more.

Read more in the bargaining update below.

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