School District, Unions Agree on Health Benefits
Los Angeles Unified School District and its labor unions have settled the potentially contentious matter of health benefits, leaving them virtually the same as last year.
The agreement affects 90,000 union members -- 220,000 people when dependents and retirees are added in. One notable change: Employees will have to work longer before qualifying for retiree health benefits.
Maintaining the benefits will cost an additional $58.2 million, equivalent to a 1.5% salary increase, said district general counsel Kevin Reed.
The teachers’ contract expired June 30. Other labor issues, including wages, remained unsettled.
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