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Oct 12, 2008 6:56 pm US/Pacific

LAUSD Offers Teachers Increase In Healthcare

LOS ANGELES During more than four hours of talks today, Los Angeles Unified negotiators proposed a guaranteed $180-million increase in its funding of employee health benefits over three years, beginning next year, the
district announced.

The district's proposal is a direct response to the United Teachers Los
Angeles' proposal for a multi-year agreement with a guaranteed funding
increase, according to a statement from the Los Angeles Unified School
District.

Representatives from the district met with their counterparts representing all LAUSD employee unions. "The parties agreed this was time well-spent," said district chief negotiator Gail Hughes. "We are working hard. We are making progress."

Talks are scheduled to resume Tuesday, as the district awaits a counterproposal from the unions. A UTLA representative could not immediately be reached.

Even though the state is facing record budget deficits as the stock market plummets, the union believes the money exists to give teachers a modest
raise if the district reconsiders its funding priorities, a union official said
earlier.

Union President A.J. Duffy has said that if there is no progress in talks, a strike could be authorized for January or February.

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