LAUSD faces 3-day strike as negotiations fail.
TL;DR
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 99, representing 30,000 Los Angeles school support staff, will go on a three-day strike demanding equitable wage increases, more full-time work, respectful treatment, and increased staffing levels for improved student services. The United Teachers Los Angeles union will participate in a solidarity strike. The Los Angeles Unified School District has offered a 23% recurring pay increase, a $20-an-hour minimum wage, and full health care benefits for those working at least four hours a day. The strike will effectively stop classes for more than half a million students.
- Los Angeles school workers will go on a 3-day strike, shutting down the nation's second-largest district. Here's what they want CNN
- LAUSD, unions fail to reach agreement to prevent strike KCAL News
- “If They Strike, We Won't Cross the Picket Line": LA Teachers And Service Workers Unite In These Times
- LAUSD Tells Parents to Prepare for Possible Strike NBC Southern California
- LAUSD strike to begin Tuesday FOX 11 Los Angeles
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