“The money will help me sleep at night,” says special ed assistant Fatima Grayson after LAUSD agreed to raises.
“When we heard that they reached an agreement there was so much pride and joy on everyone’s faces,” said Fatima Grayson, a special education assistant. “I walked into the cafeteria and the women were smiling. They were making $16.91 an hour and now they’re going to be making $22.52. That’s a huge, huge difference.”
The low pay is one reason why SEIU members have not given up their pay to go on strike since 1969, saidin a recent interview. But poor working conditions pushed members to a breaking point, he said. All workers will then receive another 7% increase starting July 1 and a further $2 an hour bump starting Jan. 1, 2023. On top of that, employees who worked during the 2020 to 2021 school year will receive a $1,000 one-time bonus in recognition of sacrifices they made during the pandemic.
As a special education assistant with almost two decades of experience with the district, she said it pains her to be undervalued for her labor. She is also sad to see how hard it is for LAUSD to retain special education assistants under current working conditions. “Those six hours are not enough for what we do,” she said. “There is no downtime for us, there is no kickback. Once I clock in, it’s go, go, go until I clock out.”
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