Camping out for back pay
United Teachers Los Angeles officers will camp out in an RV at Los Angeles Unified headquarters starting today to protest payroll glitches that have led to over- and underpayments for thousands of employees since February. Naush Boghossian in the Daily News.
The camp-out is the latest effort by the union to step up pressure against the district to resolve the problems. Superintendent David Brewer III has said the district can fix all the problems by next July.
"July 2008 is way too late," UTLA President A.J. Duffy said. "We're going to continue to support our teachers and highlight the problems for the community.
"They have sent out so many contradictory messages that we're not sure what's accurate and what's not and what's true and what's not."
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