Members of United Teachers Los Angeles have voted overwhelmingly to authorize their leadership to call a strike, ratcheting up pressure as negotiations stall and L.A. Unified warns of likely staff layoffs and future budget deficits.
A similar strike-authorization vote by the school system’s other largest union, Local 99 of Service Employees International Union, is scheduled to begin next week.
The UTLA vote count was 94% in favor of the strike authorization and announced early Saturday morning…