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Charter, union unite on wanting LA Unified to pay retiree benefits for charter teachers
The local teachers union has made rare common cause with a charter school: They are pressing to have the Los Angeles school district — not the charter — pay for costly retiree benefits that are due to teachers who worked at El Camino Real Charter High School. By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times

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