"Let me be clear, the district has approximately between a $13 billion and $14 billion budget a year," SEIU Local 99 Executive Director Max Arias told the crowd at the rally. Hopefully, the district can give us what we’re asking so we can get back to work and get our babies back to school because our children depend on us." Officials speak out: ‘Those are poverty wages’ If we don’t come out here for this fight, we’ll never get anything. But we have to be out here to fight for what we need. She said she empathizes with parents but said the strike is necessary. "As the bus drivers, we feel like we are not respected, and they don’t give us what we need." "The union doesn’t want to take anything less than the 30% because we deserve it," Powell said.
PREVIOUS COVERAGE: LAUSD strike: What you need to know about school closures, resources available LAUSD officials said they've offered a 23% salary increase, but the union is asking for 30%. "We have people that work here that have to get second jobs just in order to live because they are not making enough money." People work here at the district, and we have contract companies that are making more money than we make," Powell said. The average salary is $25,000 for the workers on strike.
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