{"id":180315,"date":"2021-02-27T14:07:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T19:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=180315"},"modified":"2021-02-28T10:35:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T15:35:13","slug":"union-officials-urge-los-angeles-teachers-to-support-safety-demands-to-return-to-school-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-officials-urge-los-angeles-teachers-to-support-safety-demands-to-return-to-school-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Officials Urge Los Angeles Teachers To Support \u2018Safety Demands\u2019 To Return To School Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funion-officials-urge-los-angeles-teachers-to-support-safety-demands-to-return-to-school-sites%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=180315&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/UTLA.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Leaders of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), a union representing more than 30,000 educators, librarians, and counselors, is urging members to support \u201csafety demands\u201d that must be fulfilled before resuming in-person instruction in the nation\u2019s second-largest public school district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will reject any fixed date that ignores the elements of a safe return,\u201d UTLA President Cecily Myart-Cruz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/live\/?v=2605452579747349&#038;ref=watch_permalink\">said<\/a> during a weekly Facebook Live update on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>She said the union is currently \u201cbargaining on how to physically reopen in a hybrid model,\u201d which combines face-to-face teaching with online learning.<\/p>\n<p>UTLA sent a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latsondheimer\/status\/1365022101040558080\">letter<\/a> to members this week indicating union officials had \u201cvoted to organize against a premature return to schools that will endanger the lives of students, educators, and the community\u201d until certain conditions are met.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Things could get nasty. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ISjQOfjDKx\">pic.twitter.com\/ISjQOfjDKx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 eric sondheimer (@latsondheimer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latsondheimer\/status\/1365022101040558080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Myart-Cruz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/live\/?v=2605452579747349&#038;ref=watch_permalink\">said<\/a> UTLA leadership presented a detailed proposal to the Los Angeles Unified School District (L.A. Unified) on Thursday \u201cthat reflects our three key safety demands\u201d for returning to campus:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0<em>Los Angeles County must move out of the most restrictive \u201cpurple tier\u201d of California\u2019s reopening plan.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0Staff required to return to in-person work are either fully vaccinated or provided access to full vaccination.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0Safety protocols must be in place, including personal protective equipment (PPE), social distancing, ventilation, and a cleaning regimen.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Myart-Cruz said UTLA members would vote on whether to support those demands next week. According to the union, the yes-or-no question that will be presented to members reads as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cI will refuse to return for a full or hybrid physical reopening of schools until LA County is out of the purple tier, staff are either fully vaccinated or provided access to full vaccination, and safety conditions are in place at our schools including PPE, physical distancing, ventilation, and daily cleaning.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A YES vote means<\/em><\/strong> <em>you agree with the UTLA leadership and will join your union brothers, sisters, and siblings in organizing to resist a forced return to school sites until the three conditions for safety mentioned above have been met.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A NO vote means<\/em><\/strong> <em>you are willing to physically return to your school or place of work under unsafe conditions, even if the infection rates are still in the purple tier, without vaccinations, and without all of the safety conditions in place, such as PPE, physical distancing, ventilation, or daily cleaning.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Myart-Cruz, the vote count will be handled by an outside company called Integrity Voting.<\/p>\n<p>Voting will begin on Monday, March 1 at 8:00 am and end on Friday, March 5 at 5:00 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Some parents advocating for in-person learning to return, along with UTLA critics, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxla.com\/news\/utla-asking-teachers-to-vote-on-returning-to-classrooms?taid=603a45d9c0731c0001226bcf&#038;utm_campaign=trueanthem&#038;utm_medium=trueanthem&#038;utm_source=twitter\">objected<\/a> to the ballot language.<\/p>\n<p>FOX 11 News interviewed one parent who asked, \u201cWho in their right mind would vote no?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just the way it\u2019s worded,\u201d the parent continued. \u201cWhen you put it that way, who would ever agree to say \u2018send me where the conditions are unsafe.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles County officials plan to administer more than 31,000 coronavirus vaccine doses to educators next week, including those serving L.A. Unified. The L.A. Daily News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2021\/02\/26\/l-a-county-allocates-11-of-coronavirus-vaccines-to-teachers-as-new-lausd-mega-clinic-launches\/\">reported<\/a>, \u201cL.A. Unified will open one of the nation\u2019s largest vaccination sites \u2013 with shots going specifically to education staffs \u2013 at Inglewood\u2019s Hollywood Park, home of SoFi Stadium, on Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>L.A. Unified <a href=\"https:\/\/achieve.lausd.net\/about\">serves<\/a> more than 600,000 K-12 students enrolled in the district, and its boundaries cover 720 square miles. Almost every student has been taking classes online since last March in an attempt to help contain coronavirus transmission.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/black-lives-matter-member-elected-to-lead-los-angeles-largest-teachers-union\">Related: <strong>Black Lives Matter Member Elected To Lead Los Angeles\u2019 Largest Teachers Union<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/teachers-union-goes-to-war-with-adam-carolla-after-he-calls-them-cowards\">Related: <strong>Teachers\u2019 Union Goes To War With Adam Carolla After He Calls Them Cowards<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/los-angeles-school-officials-call-threat-to-sue-district-to-reopen-campuses-a-political-stunt\">Related: <strong>Los Angeles School Officials Call Threat To Sue District To Reopen Campuses A \u2018Political Stunt\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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