FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Blanca Gallegos, Communications Director 213.387.8393 x219 | bgallegos@seiu99.org --------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, November 23, 2009 School workers at Los Angeles Unified School District Vote To Approve Furlough Days LOS ANGELES, CA - Cafeteria Workers, Building & Grounds Workers, Special Education Aides, Bus Drivers and other classified employees in Units B & C at [Read more]

<strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</strong> <strong>CONTACT</strong> Blanca Gallegos, Communications Director 213.387.8393 x219 | bgallegos@seiu99.org ---------------------------------------------------------- <strong>Tuesday, September 22, 2009</strong> LOS ANGELES -- As a result of a historic agreement announced today between the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 99, Unit C, all school bus drivers will take six furlough [Read more]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Terry Carter, Spokesperson 213-700-5617 | tcarter@seiu99.org -------------------------------------------------- Thursday, September 03, 2009 Preschool teachers and other employees of Orange County Head Start (OCHS) learned this week that their charge of election interference was successful. They won the right to hold a new election to decide whether or not to retain their union [Read more]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Terry Carter, Spokesperson 213-700-5617 | tcarter@seiu99.org --------------------------------------------------- Thursday, August 27, 2009 SANTA MONICA, CA — With students scheduled to return to school in just a few weeks, the Santa Monica-Malibu Classroom Teachers Association and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 99, representing non-teaching staff, announced that they will work jointly [Read more]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Terry Carter, Spokesperson 213-700-5617 | tcarter@seiu99.org ------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, August 25, 2009 LAUSD bus drivers, custodians, classroom aides, food service workers, and other classified employees—a majority of them also LAUSD parents—are hopeful that the School Board’s decision today to expand opportunities for innovative school operators will have a positive impact on student [Read more]