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As the number of teachers still working for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) continues to plummet precipitously to approximately 35,000 - down close to 8,000 in about a year - have you asked yourself what your exclusive bargaining agent United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) is doing for the $57.42 a month it takes from you?:
1. Grievances go through the motions and are invariably dropped.
2. Arbitration is rarely asked for by UTLA's Legal Committee and when it is denied, there is no justification given, no matter how compelling the case.
3. LAUSD administrators are empowered in their ceaseless attack on teachers and other LAUSD employees in clearly violating applicable state and federal law, the UTLA/LAUSD Collective Bargaining Agreement, and LAUSD's own bulletin regulations, which LAUSD is only