""After 10 months of bargaining, the labor union representing many Oakland Unified School District support staff has won a substantial raise - enough that some district personnel will now be earning a living wage for the first time. In December, the OUSD chapter of Service Employees International Union Local 1021 reached a tentative agreement with the district that gives all members a 16% raise over two years and sets a $25-an-hour minimum wage.""
""This is a fair and dignified contract we can all be proud of, made possible because of the support of our membership and other bargaining units," Trish Belenson, the SEIU 1021 chapter president, said in a statement. "Standing together allowed us to gain critical improvements in working conditions, plus much-needed raises and a precedent-setting $25 an hour minimum wage. This is a win for our members, students and community.""
"Prior to the new contract, instructional support specialists, who work with students with disabilities, started at around $27,300 a year and topped out at $36,600 a year, or $22 to $30 an hour. Literacy tutors, who provide reading instruction to kindergarteners and first and second graders, started at the state's minimum wage, which is currently $17.34 an hour, with pay ranging up to about $20 an hour."
OUSD's SEIU Local 1021 chapter reached a tentative agreement granting its roughly 1,000 represented support staff a 16% raise phased over two years and establishing a $25-an-hour minimum wage. The union represents about 20% of district employees in roles such as case managers, attendance specialists, tutors, library technicians and culture and climate keepers. Many of these positions previously paid some of the district's lowest wages, with instructional support specialists and literacy tutors often earning between state minimums and roughly $30 an hour. The new minimum brings some workers closer to or above a living wage for Alameda County.
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