Trending Now - Last-minute Agreement Prevents LA School Strike, Classes Resume
WHO:
ABC7 Los Angeles - SEIU Local 99 represents 30,000 custodians, food workers, special education assistants, and bus drivers.
ABC7 Los Angeles - Max Arias is the Executive Director of SEIU Local 99.
ABC7 Los Angeles - Mayor Karen Bass participated in negotiations to prevent the strike.
ABC News - The Los Angeles Unified School District and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) were involved in the negotiations.
WHAT:
ABC7 Los Angeles - The agreement includes a 24% wage increase that will significantly impact workers' livelihoods.
ABC7 Los Angeles - The deal allows for increased work hours to ensure health care benefits for thousands of workers and their families.
ABC7 Los Angeles - The agreement rescinds layoffs of hundreds of IT technicians.
ABC7 Los Angeles - The deal expands health care benefits for teacher assistants, after-school workers, community representatives, and others.
ABC7 Los Angeles - The agreement prohibits subcontracting of work to outside vendors.
ABC7 Los Angeles - SEIU Local 99 members still must vote to ratify the agreement.
ABC7 Los Angeles - The average annual salary for Local 99 members is about $35,000.
ABC7 Los Angeles - The new agreements provide Local 99 members with a larger percentage wage increase compared to other unions that reached deals.
ABC7 Los Angeles - The agreement includes a 24% wage increase for workers.
ABC7 Los Angeles - The deal also includes increased work hours to ensure health care benefits for thousands of workers and their families.
ABC7 Los Angeles - The agreement rescinds layoffs of hundreds of IT technicians.
ABC7 Los Angeles - The deal expands health care benefits for teacher assistants, after-school workers, community representatives, and others.
ABC7 Los Angeles - The agreement prohibits subcontracting of work to outside vendors.
ABC News - A tentative deal was reached, preventing a strike by support staff in Los Angeles schools.
CBS News - The agreement allows schools to remain open on Tuesday, April 14th, 2026.
WHERE:
ABC News - The location of the events is Los Angeles, California.
WHEN:
ABC7 Los Angeles - The agreement was announced at 2 a.m. on April 14th, 2026.
CBS News - The agreement was reached on April 14th, 2026, allowing schools to open on that date.
WHY:
ABC7 Los Angeles - Mayor Karen Bass stated she intervened in negotiations to prevent disruption to the lives of hundreds of thousands of children and their parents.
ABC7 Los Angeles - Max Arias stated that the agreement was won through the "bold action and courage of thousands of workers."
ABC News - The deal was reached to avoid a strike that would have disrupted classes.
HOW:
ABC7 Los Angeles - The agreement was reached after a tense overnight negotiation session.
ABC7 Los Angeles - The LAUSD and SEIU teams will continue to work together to finalize the details of the tentative agreement.
CBS News - The agreement was the result of negotiations between the school district and the SEIU.
(UPDATED April 14, 2026 23:15 UTC)
An agreement reached early on Tuesday includes a significant 24% wage increase for SEIU Local 99 members, which will greatly enhance their livelihoods. The deal also expands health care benefits for various workers, rescinds layoffs of IT technicians, and prohibits subcontracting to outside vendors, although members still need to vote to ratify it. Mayor Karen Bass intervened in the negotiations to ensure that the lives of hundreds of thousands of children and their parents would not be disrupted, following a tense overnight negotiation session.
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(UPDATED April 14, 2026 21:18 UTC)
An agreement has been reached between the Los Angeles Unified School District and SEIU Local 99, which represents 30,000 custodians, food workers, special education assistants, and bus drivers, following negotiations that included Mayor Karen Bass. The deal features a 24% wage increase, expanded health care benefits for various workers, and the rescinding of layoffs for hundreds of IT technicians, while also prohibiting subcontracting to outside vendors. Max Arias, the Executive Director of SEIU Local 99, emphasized that this agreement was achieved through the bold action and courage of thousands of workers, and the LAUSD and SEIU teams will continue to work together to finalize its details.
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(UPDATED April 14, 2026 13:24 UTC)
A tentative deal has been reached between the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Service Employees International Union, preventing a strike by support staff in Los Angeles schools. This agreement ensures that schools will remain open on Tuesday, allowing classes to continue without disruption. The negotiations aimed to avoid a strike that would have impacted students and families across the district.