On Thursday May 11, 2023, OEA teachers and allies picketed the construction site of the $57 million dollar OUSD administration building that uses Measure Y funding designated for school building repairs. Rank and file construction workers respected the picket line, shutting down work for the day. This is significant because the workers were under tremendous pressure to cross the picket from their foremen and the Building Trades union officialdom. 

UPDATE: On April 10, 2023, OEA Rep Council approved a resolution that “OEA Rep Council protests the advice of CTA and denounces the action of the OEA interim president to override the following mandate...

We are less than three months away from the end of the school year, and our union is not in a strong bargaining position, to say the least. Our “big bargaining” strategy has helped create a detailed and well thought-out proposal, but it has not pressured the district in any way, as evidenced by OUSD’s … Continue reading The State of Bargaining 

Summary of OEA’s Initial Proposal Compensation: 22.97% raise in 1st year (retroactive from Nov 2022), with a possibility to reopen negotiation over salary in subsequent years; no pay plateaus in salary schedule (currently salary stagnates in years 12-20) Class size: 20 max for TK-3 in high-needs schools, 29 for secondary high-needs Nurses: 1 or 0.5 … Continue reading OEA Bargaining with OUSD

Compiled below are some data about our compensation in comparison with other districts and our bosses.