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SunSeeker's JournalLAUSD reaches historic deal, meets demands of union workers following 3-day strike
Source: KTLA.com
The “historic” deal includes a 30% pay increase that Local 99 of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) had been seeking along with a vast expansion of benefits including:
-$2 per hour increase for all employees effective January 1, 2024
-6% ongoing wage increase retroactive to July 1, 2021
-7% ongoing wage increase retroactive to July 1, 2022
-7% ongoing wage increase effective July 1, 2023
-Members working at least part-time (four days or more) or more will receive fully paid healthcare benefits along with their dependents.
-$1,000 bonus for current employees with the district from 2020-21 “during adverse circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
-Raise the minimum wage to $22.52 an hour
-Increase hours and compensation for paraprofessionals serving students with special needs
-Invest $3 million in an Education and Professional Development Fund for SEIU members
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The tentative agreement will be moved to union members to vote for its approval. If approved, the deal could prevent schools from being shuttered again as members were not opposed to another strike if negotiations failed to pan out.
“This week, the eyes of our entire nation were on the cooks, custodians and classroom aides who make education possible in Los Angeles, a workforce overwhelmingly made up of women and people of color,” said Max Arias, Executive Director of SEIU Local 99. “We emerged stronger than ever from this week’s strike and showed the entire nation that unions are the most powerful force for economic opportunity and equity. Members’ sacrifice, courage, and strength – and the solidarity of 35,000 teachers of UTLA – led to this moment.”
Read more: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/lausd-negotiations-continue-as-3-day-strike-ends-no-deal-reached/
A huge win for LA school workers, and for LA Mayor Karen Bass, who worked very hard to produce a deal.
Torrance pays $750k to owner of car painted with swastika by cops
The city of Torrance has paid $750,000 to the owner of an impounded car that allegedly was spray-painted by police with a swastika in 2020. The payment settles a $6 million federal lawsuit by car owner Kiley Swaine, who did not learn of the alleged involvement of two former Torrance police officers until nearly two years after the damage to his 2004 Hyundai Elantra.
The swastika incident led to the discovery that some officers were engaging in racist and homophobic text messages, including jokes about having “gassed the Jews,” urinating on a Black man and beating up a woman.
The texts featured several variations of the n-word and referred to detainees as “monkeys,” “moon crickets” and “savages.” So far, at least four officers have been terminated or resigned in the aftermath of the scandal. Fifteen officers had been placed on leave pending an investigation.
“I have been suing police officers for 39 years and I have never seen anything like this,” said Swaine’s attorney, Jerry Steering of Newport Beach. “It never ceases to amaze me that quite often the very people entrusted by our citizens to protect us from dangerous criminals are more dangerous than the criminals.”
https://www.ocregister.com/2023/03/15/torrance-pays-750000-to-owner-of-car-allegedly-painted-with-swastika-by-police-officers/?utm_email=24187445D41C24C5440EA4500A&active=yesD&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=City+pays+%24750%2c000+to+owner+of+car+allegedly+painted+with+swastika+by+ex-cops+&utm_campaign=scng-mult-localist-deepdive&utm_content=curated
Florida man dies from brain-eating amoeba, possibly after rinsing nose with tap water
A man in Florida died from a brain-eating amoeba that he may have contracted after he rinsed his sinuses with tap water, health officials said.“
"You CANNOT be infected by drinking tap water,” the Health Department emphasized in its statement.
The agency urged members of the public to use distilled or sterile water when they rinse their sinuses, a practice that typically involves neti pots. "Tap water should be boiled for at least 1 minute and cooled before sinus rinsing," the release said.
Symptoms of an N. fowleri infection include headaches, fever, nausea, loss of balance, disorientation, seizures and a stiff neck. The disease progresses quickly after symptoms start, and patients usually die within 18 days or less.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/florida-man-dies-brain-eating-amoeba-nose-rinse-tap-water-rcna73067
Brain-eating amoeba in Florida tap water? This could explain a lot of things...
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