Teachers tend to plan pregnancies with summer due dates. Could a LAUSD policy change that?

Teachers tend to plan pregnancies with summer due dates. Could a LAUSD policy change that?

Pregnant teachers don’t have access to as much paid leave as other pregnant workers. An LAUSD effort aims to change that.

New Bedford teachers picket for paid family leave - The New Bedford Light

NEW BEDFORD — Roughly 100 members of the local teachers union and their supporters attended the School Committee meeting on Monday to advocate for their ongoing contract negotiations, in which teachers are asking for salary increases and paid family leave.The teachers who spoke during the meeting’s public comments emphasized the importance of paid family leave — a benefit guaranteed to nearly all workers in Massachusetts, but not teachers or mun…