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Gustavo Arellano: He helped LAUSD's most 'invisible' workers go on strike, but Max Arias isn't done

LOS ANGELES — Southern California's latest storm didn't dampen the spirits of over 300 workers who gathered in front of a school bus yard in Van Nuys before dawn on Tuesday, the first day of a planned three-day strike.

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Mayor Karen Bass mediating LAUSD strike; union has not ruled out a second walkout at later date

LOS ANGELES — As a strike that has shut down Los Angeles public schools continues into a second day — and with the possibility of future walkouts a reality — Mayor Karen Bass has stepped in to talk with union and school district leaders to offer “assistance and support,” the…

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Massive strike shutters LAUSD as a sea of workers seeking higher wages rallies downtown

LOS ANGELES — The start of a massive three-day strike led by the lowest paid public school workers and supported by teachers shut down Los Angeles campuses Tuesday amid a fierce morning storm, sent parents scrambling for child care and meals and brought thousands of picketers to campuses and a…

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Teachers Union Closes L.A. Schools Yet Again

Public sector unions squeeze final gains out of a district that's been bleeding students yet constructing expensive new buildings for two decades.

Reason

Massive strike shutters LAUSD, canceling class for 420,000 students as picketers brave the rain

LOS ANGELES — A massive three-day strike calling for better wages and working conditions for some of Los Angeles public schools’ lowest-paid employees — bus drivers, custodians, special education assistants, cafeteria workers and others — began with a rainy start Tuesday, though picketers tried to keep the energy high despite…

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‘We’re Doing Jobs it Should Take Three People to Do.’

LAUSD bus driver says their three-day strike is about both pay and working conditions.

Capital & Main

Massive strike shuts down LAUSD, leaving 420,000 students out of school

LOS ANGELES — A massive three-day strike calling for better wages and working conditions for some of Los Angeles public schools’ lowest paid employees — bus drivers, custodians, special education assistants and others — kicked off early Tuesday, with picketers marching through the dark, rainy morning.

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LA school strike: What do staff behind massive walk-out want?

Three day walk-out by Los Angeles Unified School District support staff has sent 420,000 children home

The Independent UK

LA school strike – news: 420,000 students sent home as teachers back workers in three-day protest

Around 30,000 LA Unified School District support workers are staging a walkout over wages and working conditions

The Independent UK

Demonstrations, protests mark first day of LA school strike

Support staff in the nation's second-largest school district walked out over stalled contract negotiations. Teachers joined them in support.

WEKU

Los Angeles schools close for 3 days as workers across 2nd largest U.S. district strike

Tens of thousands teachers and other education staff are part of the strike.

Axios

Talks fail, LAUSD strike and school closures set for Tuesday

LOS ANGELES — Last-minute talks failed to avert a Tuesday strike that will shut down Los Angeles public schools and lead to a massive disruption in the nation’s second-largest school system.

Los Angeles Times

What? A strike? Parents blindsided by looming LAUSD walkout that is closing schools

LOS ANGELES — Like most parents in the nation’s second-largest school district, Marianne Webster was shocked to learn of the massive strike set to shutter public schools across Los Angeles for three days next week.

Los Angeles Times

LA Unified files last-ditch legal challenge to stop looming strike and school closures

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Unified officials are mounting a last-ditch legal challenge to stall or prevent a three-day strike that would shut down classrooms across the nation’s second-largest school district starting on Tuesday.

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They feed children who can’t hold a fork. But these LAUSD workers will strike

LOS ANGELES — For 24 years, Peniana Arguelles has worked as a special education assistant in Los Angeles public schools. At Menlo Avenue Elementary School in South Los Angeles she feeds children who can’t hold a fork, changes diapers, helps students choose colors for their paintings, doles out hugs when…

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: A strike that shuts down schools is bad for Los Angeles

Contract negotiations between the union representing cafeteria workers, bus drivers and other low-wage workers at Los Angeles Unified and district officials have stalled after nearly a year, and now the 30,000 SEIU Local 99 employees are planning a three-day strike beginning Tuesday. If they do, it could shut down all…

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Massive 3-day LA Unified teacher and staff strike set for Tuesday, closing all schools

LOS ANGELES — A three-day strike that would shut down Los Angeles public schools is scheduled to start Tuesday, union leaders announced Wednesday during a massive downtown rally by the district’s two largest employee groups.

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles teachers, other workers plan massive 3-day strike as labor woes explode

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles teachers union plans to join an anticipated three-day strike — possibly within two weeks — with thousands of L.A. Unified's non-teaching workers, actions that would likely shut down schools in an explosion of labor discontent.

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WEKU

3 years since the pandemic wrecked attendance, kids still aren't showing up to school

By some estimates, chronic absenteeism doubled during the pandemic. Now, about halfway through the most "normal" school year since 2020, the situation hasn't improved in many places.

Los Angeles Times

He's bold, camera ready and loves Twitter, but has LA's schools chief uplifted students?

LOS ANGELES — Exhilarated, he proclaimed "I love LAUSD" in sign language during a 125-mph skydive in a Twitter video. He posed on horseback in Topanga Canyon because connecting with nature is "indispensable to the holistic education of our students." He has stood alongside Dr. Dre, George Clooney, Los Angeles…

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LAUSD bus drivers, food workers, teacher aides give union OK to call strike if talks fail

LOS ANGELES — Members of the union that represents most nonteaching employees in Los Angeles schools — cafeteria workers, custodians and teacher assistants — have overwhelmingly voted to allow their leaders to call a strike if negotiations don't lead to an agreement.

Los Angeles Times

How school lunch is made. It's more complicated than you think

LOS ANGELES — At precisely 11:35 a.m. on a recent Friday, hundreds of kids with backpacks slung over their shoulders file through the blue and red doors of the Garfield High School lunchroom in East Los Angeles. Many carry books, folders and brightly colored notebooks. Some chat enthusiastically as they…

Los Angeles Times

LA Unified School District, 2 administrators sued for failing to report sex abuse by science teacher

LOS ANGELES — Two Los Angeles Unified School District administrators who were convicted of criminal charges for failing to report sex crimes by a science teacher are being sued along with the district by a former student victimized in the assaults for their role in covering up the sexual abuse.

Los Angeles Times

As LA County's mental health workers burn out, some weigh options

LOS ANGELES — When Yessica Castaneda thinks about launching her career as a social worker, she knows who she doesn't want to work for: Los Angeles County.

Los Angeles Times

LA Unified, California showcase record graduation rates; other measures show setbacks

LOS ANGELES — The state of California and the Los Angeles Unified School District achieved record-high graduation rates last year despite the lingering effects of the crippling pandemic and a historic spike in student absences, prompting praise and skepticism over the new numbers.

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