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El Espace: 500,000 Students Are Affected by the L.A. Teachers Strike. Most Are Latino.

January 18, 2019

Via: NY Times

On Monday, more than 30,000 public-school teachers and employees of the Los Angeles Unified School District went on strike, protesting for higher pay, smaller class sizes and more support staff for their students. Though negotiations had reportedly resumed on Thursday between the district and the union (United Teachers Los Angeles), the demonstrations of these educators are part of a larger trend. Last year, teachers in West Virginia, Arizona, Oklahoma and Kentucky walked out over similar, widespread concerns.

Los Angeles Unified is the second-largest public education system in the country, serving nearly half a million students.

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