United Teachers Los Angeles strike posters and buttons 7102
Bo Doub
USC Libraries Special Collections
2020 January
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: United Teachers Los Angeles strike posters and buttons
creator:
United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA)
Identifier/Call Number: 7102
Physical Description:
2.6 Linear Feet
1 box
Date: January 2019
Abstract: A collection of twenty signs, two buttons, flyers, and a strike handbook collected following the United Teachers Los Angeles
(UTLA) strike, which lasted from January 14-22, 2019. These strike materials were collected from a high school teacher at
Carson High School -- a member of UTLA's Harbor Area community. Some of the signs were created and distributed by UTLA, while
others were created by teachers, students, and members of other local unions.
Container: 1
On January 14, 2019, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), the teacher's union for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
went on strike. UTLA was founded in 1970 by merging several teacher's organizations created to support the teachers working
for the massive LAUSD, the second largest in the country. UTLA is currently organized into eight geographic areas. The last
strike took place in 1989.
Carson High School is a member of the UTLA's Harbor area. The 20 signs gathered after the successful end of the 2019 strike
were used by working teachers, retired teachers, students, staff and other local union members. Some are covered with plastic
due to the heavy rains during the first days of the strike.
Some of the signs were created and distributed by UTLA, while others were created by teachers, students and members of other
local unions.
The strike lasted six days, from Monday, January 14, 2019, through Tuesday, January 22, 2019. Union members voted on January
22, 2019, to accept the tentative contract reached during negotiations between LAUSD and UTLA. They returned to work on Wednesday,
January 23, 2019. The new contract was unanimously approved by the LAUSD School Board on Tuesday, January 29, 2019.
Twenty signs, two buttons, flyers, and a strike handbook collected following the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) strike,
which lasted from January 14-22, 2019. These strike materials were collected from a high school teacher at Carson High School
-- a member of UTLA's Harbor Area community.
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[Box/folder no. or item name], United Teachers Los Angeles strike posters and buttons, Collection no. 7102, Regional History
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Stephan Schuetze-Coburn, December 13, 2019.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Labor unions -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Labor unions and education -- California -- Los Angeles -- 21st century -- Archival resources
Strikes and lockouts -- Teachers -- California -- Los Angeles -- 21st century -- Archival resources
Buttons (information artifacts)
Fliers (printed matter)
Handbooks
Posters
United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) -- Archives