Issue link: http://educator.cta.org/i/1545867
WETA members tell the district what they want in November 2025, before reaching a settlement. WHITTIER ELEMENTARY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION After months of bargaining for fully staffed classrooms and a fair wage, in November 2025 WETA reached a tentative agreement with Whittier City School District. Highlights include special education class size caps and staffing ratios; one- on-one aides for students who need intensive support; a 2.5% ongoing salary increase; caseload caps for speech language pathologists, resource specialists, inclusion specialists and alternative and augmentative communication specialists; and language to ensure that teachers and students have support for their students' full day. UNITED TEACHERS LOS ANGELES The 150-member UTLA bargaining team met with the LA Unified district for more than a year to negotiate demands built from discussions at over 600 chapters across LAUSD. As negotiations escalated, UTLA members held school site pickets in September 2025. In November, UTLA, joined by SEIU Local 99, Teamsters, CSEA and Building Trades, held massive regional rallies in five locations; these and earlier actions forced the district to drop its proposal to pass health care costs onto employees. In January, UTLA members voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, and in March 30,000+ UTLA, SEIU Local 99, and AALA Teamsters took over Grand Park alongside students, families and community to demand LAUSD invest in students, educators and staff or face a strike April 14. Faculty boycotts followed before an agreement was reached on April 12; it contains landmark wins on salary, staffing, special education, first-ever paid parental leave and more. The rally at LA's Grand Park in March drew 30,000+. Credit: United Teachers Los Angeles 14 cta.org Year in Review