Our Bargaining Team for contract re-opener negotiations with LAUSD is now in place. Elections were held November 13 -18 to fill vacancies in two Unit B job classifications (Special Education: School Based and Early Education). Voting took place in all three Local 99 offices. Votes were counted in our Los Angeles Office on November 19 by SEIU Local 99 Executive Board delegates representing LAUSD classifications. Here are the results:
Early Education
These members both received 47% of the votes cast and will both join the Bargaining Team:
Armida Delgado
Enid Thompson
Spoiled/Illegible ballots: 6%
Special Education: School Based
Kathryn Torres 54% of votes cast
Margarita Aguilar 14%
Patricia Jones 9%
Elizabeth Thomas-Parker 9%
Spoiled/Illegible ballots: 14%
Congratulations to newly elected team members and thank you to everyone who participated. Our complete contract re-opener bargaining team is listed below. Please note that Jorge Osorio was elected to fill the Unit C: Miscellaneous classifications vacancy because he was the only nominated candidate. Remaining vacancies received no eligible nominations.
CONTRACT RE-OPENER BARGAINING TEAM:
| Unit B | |
| Special Education Center Based | -Curley Morgan, Special Education Assistant |
| Special Education School Based | -Barbara Torres, Special Education Assistant-Kathryn Torres, Special Education Assistant |
| Non-Classroom Classifications | -One vacancy |
| Early Education Aide Classifications | -Armida Delgado-Enid Thompson |
| Classroom Aide Classifications | -One vacancy |
| Unit C | |
| Truck Drivers & Bus Drivers | -Edward Reed, Heavy Bus Driver |
| Food Services Group | -Gamaliel Andrade, Food Service Worker-One vacancy |
| Building & Grounds / Maintenance & Operations | -Two vacancies |
| Miscellaneous (mechanics, computer techs, microcomputer support assistants, stock workers, & others) | -Jorge Osorio |
| Unit F | |
| -Maggie Estell, Teacher Assistant-Rafael Sanchez III, Teacher Assistant-Four Vacancies | |
| Unit G | |
| -Four vacancies | |
Let’s support our team as they head to be bargaining table with the District. Contract re-opener negotiations are expected to start early next year. Later, in the spring of 2014, we will begin negotiations for our full contract. Next year we will conduct elections for the bargaining team that will negotiate our full contract. Stay tuned!
