United Teachers Los Angeles Archives

78-Year-Old Jackie Goldberg Elected as Los Angeles Unified School Board President

January 18, 2023 4:18 pm

The Los Angeles Unified School District elected in former school board member and Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg as President of the board on Tuesday, elevating her to the position 40 years after her first initial successful run for the school board....

New Report: University Policies Fail to Protect Jewish Students from Antisemitism

December 16, 2022 8:30 am

What happened to the campus Chess Club, the Cinema Club or the Key Club which as a student-led organization, the club’s goal was to encourage leadership through serving others? Today on college campuses we see Berkeley Law for Palestine, the...

Gov. Newsom Signs K-12 Ethnic Studies Bill: ‘State-Sponsored Antisemitism’

October 9, 2021 9:04 amOctober 9, 2021 9:17 am

Last year, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed the controversial Assembly Bill 331, authored by Assemblyman Jose Medina (D-Riverside), which would have added the new K-12 Ethnic Studies requirement. Newsom noted that there was an “uncertainty” about current K-12 curriculum in the...

3,000 Petition Signers Tell Gov. Newsom ‘Veto Antisemitic Ethnic Studies Bill’

September 27, 2021 4:21 pmSeptember 28, 2021 2:04 pm

Thousands of Californians, including Holocaust survivors, petitioned Governor Gavin Newsom to veto Assembly Bill 101 by Assemblyman Jose Medina (D-Riverside), which would mandate an ethnic studies high school graduation requirement. The California legislature recently voted to advance AB 101 along party lines....

Los Angeles Teachers Union Calls For Mandatory Student COVID Vaccinations

August 31, 2021 3:43 pmSeptember 1, 2021 11:37 am

United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), the teachers union of Los Angeles City Schools, announced Monday they are demanding that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) implement mandatory vaccinations for all students who are eligible to receive it. The mandate,...

CA Parents Seek to Abolish the California Teachers’ Association

May 10, 2021 1:29 pmMay 10, 2021 3:34 pm

California’s 6 million public school students have been “distance learning” from home since California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered statewide business and school closures in March 2020 – more than 430 days ago. A group of parents have started a petition...

LA Teachers Union Votes To Return To In-Person Instruction In April

March 23, 2021 6:58 amMarch 25, 2021 10:35 am

The United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), the teachers union for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), voted by a vast majority to return to in-class instruction beginning next month. They held out until Sunday before taking the vote to...