Los Angeles Unified District school employees will conclude a three-day strike on Thursday and return to work on Friday, despite a contract standstill with no agreements reached. As LAUSD schools remain closed Thursday, workers continued rallying, demanding higher wages and better working conditions, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is actively involved in the negotiations between the district and the Service Employees International Union, Local 99, which represents about 30,000 teachers’ aides, bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria workers, and other support staff.

More than 30,000 picketing Los Angeles school service employees are expected to return to work on Friday after a planned three-day strike prompted the city's mayor to intervene and jumpstart labor negotiations. The job walkout by the Service Employees International Union Local 99 -- which includes bus drivers, cafeteria workers and special education assistants -- began on Tuesday, forcing the Los Angeles Unified School District to cancel classes for 420,000 students for three straight days. "SEIU Local 99 school workers plan to return to schools Friday, March 24," the union...

Los Angeles public school support staff, teachers, and supporters rally at the Los Angeles Unified School District local district offices in Los Angeles on March 22, 2023. (Frederic Brown/AFP via Getty Images) The Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) staff union, SEIU Local 99, is in its third and final day of strike on March 23, while negotiations continue for better wages and increased staffing in schools. LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho repeatedly attempted to avoid the strike by bargaining with the union—and on March 22, the district announced it had...

On this edition of Your Call, we find out why workers who run the country’s second largest school district are on strike for the third straight day.

Los Angeles school support staff are demanding a 30 percent pay increase, saying they barely make more than the minimum wage.

Eduardo Jacobo, special education assistant for LAUSD and member of SEIU Local 99

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LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Members of the Service Employees International Union Local 99 are back on the pickets lines Thursday, the final day of a planned three-day strike, at the BD Bus Yard in Los Angeles. They will conclude their walkout Thursday and return to work Friday, the union confirmed. No contract settlement was announced, though talks are again taking place between the district and union, facilitated by Mayor Karen Bass. According to a union statement Wednesday night, "The strike will conclude Thursday after a boisterous rally at Los Angeles...

Schools across Los Angeles will remain closed on Thursday as teachers and school administrators continue their days-long strike amid negotiations for better pay and work conditions, the school district announced. "Los Angeles Unified must formally announce that all schools across the District will be closed again tomorrow, Thursday, March 23," the school district said in a statement late Wednesday evening.

On Day One of the three-day Los Angeles Unified School District strike, there was plenty of rallying, chanting and picketing — but no signs of negotiating progress on Tuesday, March 21. Leaders of SEIU Local 99 — the 30,000-member service worker union representing bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria workers and special education assistants — announced that the union will continue its walkout for better pay, hours and working conditions on Wednesday. “Through pouring rain and gusting wind, L.A. Unified School District workers’ resolve to protect our rights is only growing stronger;...

Los Angeles Unified workers rally on Day 1 of a three-day strike in front of district headquarters on Tuesday. Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California . It’s Wednesday, March 22. Workers who feed, transport, teach, heal and clean up after Los Angeles students kicked off a historic three-day strike Tuesday, shutting down the state’s largest school system as they rally for higher wages and better working conditions. The work stoppage was called by Local 99 of Service Employees International Union, which represents about 30,000 cafeteria workers, bus drivers,...

Employees rally Tuesday in front of LAUSD headquarter at the start of a three-day strike. Hello, it’s Wednesday, March 22, and here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today. Strike shuts down LAUSD, leaving 420,000 students out of school A 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 with picketers marching through the dark, rainy morning.

Classes in the nation’s second-largest school district remain halted Wednesday as a union representing about 30,000 Los Angeles school workers continues a massive three-day strike for increased wages and better work conditions. The Service Employees International Union Local 99, which represents school custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers and other student services staff, began picketing Monday with the support of the district’s teachers after nearly a year of unsuccessful negotiations with the school district.