LAUSD Strike

Striking LAUSD Workers Don’t Care About Kids?

A factually flawed Daily News article has the author contorting himself in a pretzel to confirm his anti-public education, anti-union bias.

“Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.”

– Bernard M. Baruch

If you want to see examples of extreme selflessness, ask to tour one of the LAUSD’s Special Education Centers. The children who attend these schools are among the district’s most vulnerable students, with some requiring intensive care from their One on One aides. These employees will repeatedly wipe the constant stream of drool from a wheelchair-confined child’s face with patience while taking care to preserve the student’s dignity.

These employees are among the members of SEIU Local 99 who went on strike this week. While the union is in ongoing negotiations for salary increases for their members, they walked off the job specifically to protest what they allege are acts of illegal harassment by the District.

In the view of the Los Angeles Daily News opinion editor Sal Rodriguez, these employees should be “fired or…