CSEA, DISTRICT REACH ACCORD UPON RATIFICATION, NONTEACHERS WILL GET 11.35% PAY-AND-BENEFITS HIKE.Byline: Joseph Giordono Staff Writer About 6,800 front office and technical employees in the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. will receive an average 11.35 percent pay and benefits increase, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a tentative contract agreement announced Wednesday. Under terms of the proposed two-year agreement, which must be ratified by members of the California School Employees Association The California School Employees Association (CSEA) is the largest classified school employees labor union in the United States. CSEA represents more than 230,000 public employees in California. Unit D and the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, employees would get a 3 percent pay raise - combined with benefits hike and existing bonuses - beginning in July for the 2001-02 school year. District officials did not have an estimate of the total cost of the contract. ``We were concerned that a possible strike would have affected the end of the school year, so we are pleased that we have been able to reach a fair agreement,'' said CSEA CSEA California School Employees Association CSEA Cyber Security Enhancement Act of 2001 (US) CSEA Child Support Enforcement Agency CSEA California State Employees Association CSEA California Society of Enrolled Agents Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Chapter President Rory Berryman. The contract is the last to be negotiated this year by the district. Earlier this spring, the district reached contract agreements with the teachers and principals unions, giving members of United Teachers Los Angeles an average 15.3 percent pay and benefits increase. Members of Associated Administrators Los Angeles received an average 14.5 percent salary-and-benefits hike. Under terms of the CSEA contract offer, the district agreed to fund 100 percent of the employees' pension contributions, equivalent to a 5.8 percent increase on the salary schedule. Employees will continue to receive a 2 percent bonus paid in the 2000-01 school year. Both parties also agreed to create a joint labor-management committee to address workload issues, and the district agreed to double the amount of tuition reimbursement Reimbursement Payment made to someone for out-of-pocket expenses has incurred. available to each employee. CSEA officials say they will hold meetings the week of June 18 to explain the contract to their members and will hold a mail-in vote beginning June 20. If adopted, the agreement is expected to go before the LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA) board in early July. |
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