San Francisco teachers rally over unpaid wages ahead of school year | KTVU FOX 2

Published  August 12, 2025 10:58pm PDT SAN FRANCISCO – Teacher frustrations are once again boiling over at San Francisco public schools over payroll problems that educators say have left some of them thousands of dollars short. Continued frustrations What we know: Members of the United Educators of San Francisco union rallied Tuesday outside San Francisco Unified School District headquarters to protest what they describe as incorrect paychecks, just days before the first day of the school year. The protest comes after the district spent millions of dollars replacing its old payroll system, Empower, with a new platform called Frontline. The switch was intended to fix previous payroll issues, but union officials say it has created fresh ones. “I am owed over $6,000 that I was supposed to be paid several weeks ago,” said Leslie Hu, an SFUSD community school coordinator. Union leaders said they warned district officials months ago about potential problems with the transition. “We see a crisis coming, we need to know what is the plan,” said Frank Lara, the union’s vice president. “The initial conversations with the district were very dismissive.” What they’re saying: According to the union, some employee payroll details were not properly transferred into
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