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21st March 2023
LAUSD Worker Strike Begins, Shutting Down Schools For 420,000 Students
Service Employees International Local 99, the union representing 30,000 bus drivers, cafeteria workers, custodians and other support staff across the Los Angeles Unified School District, has started a three-day strike beginning Tuesday. The teachers union, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), has instructed its members not to cross the picket line — effectively bringing the nation's second-largest school district to a halt. LAUSD, with the help of community partnerships, is offering some child ca