United Teachers Los Angeles

UTLA

Full name	United Teachers Los Angeles
Founded	1970
Members	35,000 (2013)
Affiliation	California Federation of Teachers (AFT), California Teachers Association (NEA)
Key people	Alex Caputo-Pearl, President Cecily Myart-Cruz, UTLA/NEA VP Betty Forrester, UTLA/AFT VP Juan Ramirez, UTLA Elementary VP Colleen Schwab, UTLA Secondary VP Arlene Inouye, UTLA Treasurer Daniel Barnhart, UTLA Secretary
Office location	3303 Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90010
Country	United States
Website	utla.net

United Teachers Los Angeles is the main representative of certified, non-administrative staff in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Prior to 1970, primary and secondary school teachers in Los Angeles were chiefly represented by a local of the American Federation of Teachers (called the Los Angeles Teachers Alliance, LATA) and the Associated Classroom Teachers of Los Angeles (ACT-LA) which was affiliated to the National Education Association. There were other smaller teachers unions active before 1970 that also merged into UTLA. Over a dozen different organizations merged to form UTLA.

The first broad federation of Los Angeles School District teachers was the Affiliated Teacher Organizations of Los Angeles, formed between 1930 and 1932.

UTLA is very active in the political sphere of California, especially since Proposition 13, which severely limited the amount that public schools can receive from property taxes. This shifted the burden to the state and increased the competition between state funded groups. The union has also advocated strongly against school voucher programs and attempts to break up the school district.

External links

• United Teachers Los Angeles official website
• http://www.cta.org/
• http://www.cft.org/