Paramount CSEA Chapter 447

04/23/2026

***NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE***

Your bargaining team met with district leadership today for a 9th negotiation session. We have been meeting with the district since July 25th 2025. As we have stated in past updates, we have had slow but steady success in our dealings - both sides have come to the table ready to deal – and we have been appreciative of the progress. Today, April 23rd – that changed. The board has decided to change the parameters with which they dealt with our bargaining team. In normal negotiation sessions, both sides present financial proposals, they work and NEGOTIATE to come to an agreement – the agreement being somewhere in the middle. We met with district leadership today and since our board meeting yesterday, they have decided to renege on their last proposal to your classified union. Due to an, “unforeseen financial situation”, PUSD has offered us less than their last proposal. This is not how negotiations work. We are extremely disappointed and to be honest – insulted. CSEA has worked, for years, with the district and board to come to agreements that are mutually beneficial for both parties. As far as this team is concerned, this is an unprecedented move – and we have been doing this for decades. We will ask that you prepare yourselves in the event that your leadership team needs your support. We may ask you to rally and mobilize behind us. We need you to tell the board what they are doing to classified employees is wrong. Classified employees ARE members of this community - an overwhelming majority of US live in Paramount. Our children attend Paramount schools. Our tax dollars and property taxes fund this district. This board needs to do right by their constituents on the negotiating team, in the classrooms, in the cafeterias, in the computer labs, and on the playgrounds.

03/07/2026

11/20/2025

Good morning! As if one ever needs a reason to pick up some chili cheese fries from Tam's in Paramount - Alondra Middle School is having a fundraiser today until 9:00 p.m. please be sure to show them the attached flyer on this post.

Please share this with your friends and family.

11/04/2025

The CSEA Board of Directors took emergency action in August to unanimously support Proposition 50, which will appear on the special election ballot. Officially named the California Congressional Redistricting Initiative, Proposition 50 is a temporary, but necessary, response to an unprecedented power grab initiated by ultra-conservative states. Their plan is clear: steal enough congressional seats before the 2026 election to entrench their majority in Congress to enable the Trump administration’s continued roll-back of workers’ rights, unions and public education.

Protecting our members requires CSEA not only to pursue opportunities for improvement but also to guard against risks, including potential closures or cuts to the Department of Education, unchecked expansion of charter schools, worsening income inequality, and other threats to classified employees and the communities they serve.

Proposition 50 provides essential safeguards for members, public schools and local communities.

Vote yes on 50.

10/06/2025

Negotiations Update

Your negotiations team met with the District for the third time and continues to bring forward proposed contract language. During this session, we presented articles addressing Overtime, Summer School, Differential Pay, Bilingual Stipend, Organizational Security, and Association Rights.

In addition to contract language, we also presented salary proposals and insurance benefits for consideration.

Our next negotiations session is scheduled for October 22, where we will continue to review proposals and discuss the cost impact of our requests.

We encourage all members to attend our October Chapter Meeting on October 21 to learn more about the proposals, ask questions, and stay informed on the progress of negotiations.

07/22/2025

Good afternoon brothers and sisters
Your chapter delegates are putting in the work and having a blast doing it! They’ve been celebrating our members’ achievements, picking up powerful new tools for building unity, and sharpening their bargaining skills. We’ve also had the chance to hear directly from CSEA’s Board of Directors about their advocacy for public education. We can’t wait to bring all this knowledge and energy back to our chapter!