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      Los Angeles Unified School District join unionized support staff on the third day of a strike for higher pay and other improvements on March 23, 2023 in California.

      'When We Fight, We Win!': LA School Workers Secure Deal After 3-Day Strike

      "The agreement addresses our key demands and sets us on a clear pathway to improving our livelihoods and securing the staffing we need to improve student services," said SEIU Local 99.

      Jessica Corbett
      Mar 25, 2023

      Union negotiators for about 30,000 school support staffers in California's Los Angeles County struck a historic deal with the second-largest district in the United States on Friday after a three-day strike.

      Members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 99, including bus drivers, cafeteria workers, special education assistants, teaching aides, and other school staff—backed by about 35,000 educators of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA)—walked off the job on Tuesday and continued to strike through Thursday.

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      Los Angeles public school support workers, teachers, and supporters walk the picket line

      Demanding Respect for All School Workers, LA Teachers Shut Down 2nd-Largest US School District

      "As workers we are powerful. As parents we are powerful. As the people united, we are unstoppable."

      Julia Conley
      Mar 21, 2023

      An estimated 65,000 teachers and school staffers from across Los Angeles walked picket lines in the rain on Tuesday as the city's public school district employees went on strike—but more than half of the picketers were staging the walkout in solidarity, protesting conditions that don't directly affect them.

      The 35,000 teachers who are represented by United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) joined cafeteria workers, bus drivers, teaching aides, grounds workers, and others who help ensure that more than 1,000 public schools in Los Angeles run safely and smoothly, demanding that support staff are treated fairly by the district.

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      A crowd of teachers gathered on March 15, 2023

      Tens of Thousands of LA Teachers to Strike in Solidarity With Support Workers

      "How do we properly service our students when we are being overworked and underpaid and disrespected?" asked one special education assistant.

      Julia Conley
      Mar 20, 2023

      Demanding "respect and dignity" for tens of thousands of school support workers who help the Los Angeles Unified School District run, the union that represents 35,000 teachers in the city has called on its members to join a three-day strike starting Tuesday as school support staffers fight for a living wage.

      Members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 99 "work so hard for our students," said United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) on Monday. "They deserve respect and dignity at work. We will be out in force tomorrow to make sure they get it."

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