A potentially crippling strike by service workers that would shut down Los Angeles Unified School District campuses for three continues to loom large after a weekend full of both sides trading barbs, with little hope of any resolution being reached before the planned Tuesday walkout.
On Sunday, with less than 48 hours until the planned walkout, the California Public Employment Relations Board rejected LAUSD's legal challenge to attempt and halt the strike.
"The California Public Employment Relations Board has rejected LAUSD's last-ditch and meritless effort to request an injunction. On Friday, LAUSD filed charges claiming a strike by SEIU Local 99 members was unlawful," said a statement from Max Arias, the SEIU Local 99 Executive Director in a statement after the charges were rejected. "However, the Board's decision today confirms that workers have a right to protest over the threats and harassment waged against them by the school district. They will continue to move forward with plans to strike this week. Their voices will not be silenced."
In response, LAUSD issued a statement which refuted the claim that PERB had made a decision on the district's unfair practice charges.
"PERB has denied Los Angeles Unified's request for injunctive relief, without prejudice, because the PERB Board did not find the extraordinary remedy of seeking injunctive relief to be met at this juncture. However, the PERB Board has directed their Office of General Counsel ("OGC") to expedite the...
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