Hundreds of thousands of students in Los Angeles Unified School District woke up Tuesday to districtwide school closures as employees of the nation's second-largest school district began a massive three-day strike. The district's 30,000 service workers, members of the Service Employees International Union Local 99, began picketing on Tuesday as collective bargaining negotiations between the school district and the union have so far failed to reach an agreement. The walkout means more than 600,000 students from more than 1,000 schools are sitting at home.

Public schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District are expected to be closed Tuesday through Thursday as thousands of union employees who perform critical work walk off the job. They're seeking a wage increase and better working conditions.

The shutdown impacts nearly half a million students. Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes speaks with Mariana Dale, early childhood reporter at LAist.

LOS ANGELES — The nation's second largest school district shut its doors to 422,000 students Tuesday after more than 60,000 workers at Los Angeles Unified School District – including bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria employees, campus security, teaching assistants and educators – made good on their promise to strike in response to a breakdown in contract negotiations. District workers gathered outside schools and a bus yard with signs early Tuesday reading "RESPECT US!" and umbrellas, as another atmospheric river dumped rain on Los Angeles. The strike, which is expected to last...

Tens of thousands of teachers and support staff in the nation's second-largest school district on Tuesday began a three-day strike. Los Angeles Unified School District canceled school to prepare for the strike. The district serves more than 600,000 students in more than 1,000 schools. About 150 schools will remain open with adult supervision but without instruction and dozens of parks and libraries are offering grab-and-go lunches for children who need it. What are they striking for? Union officials said support staffers earn about $25,000 a year and are asking for...

Los Angeles school employees are going on strike starting Tuesday, canceling classes for 422,000 students. The Los Angeles Unified School District is the second-largest public school district in the U.S., and the strike that will force the closure of more than 1,000 is scheduled to last three days, NBC News reported. The teacher’s union Local 99 that represents employees in the district is calling for a 30% pay increase. The union said many district employees barely make minimum wage, which does not allow them to afford much with a high...

A massive three-day strike planned by the majority of Los Angeles public school employees — bus drivers, teachers, custodians and others — kicked off early Tuesday, with picketers marching through the dark, rainy morning. Hundreds of school employees, many among the lowest-paid, joined the picket line before 5 a.m. at the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Van Nuys bus yard, marching in ponchos and balancing signs with their umbrellas. Employees shouted, “Whose house? Our house!” according to a tweet from the union, and held signs that read the “Last straw”...

Tens of thousands of workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District walked off the job Tuesday over stalled contract talks, and they are being joined in solidarity by teachers in a three-day strike that has shut down the nation’s second-largest school system. Demonstrations began at a bus yard and are expected at schools across the city by members of Local 99 of the Service Employees International Union, which represents about 30,000 teachers’ aides, special education assistants, bus drivers, custodians, cafeteria workers and other support staff. The workers joined picket...

In Los Angeles, tens of thousands of school custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers and other school support staff have begun a three-day strike demanding dignified working conditions and living wages, after nearly a year of negotiations with the Los Angeles Unified School District. Their union is calling for at least a 30% income increase as school staff only makes an average of $25,000 annually, or roughly $12 per hour. Tens of thousands of L.A. teachers have joined the strike in solidarity.

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March 21 (UPI) -- The country's second-largest school district based in Los Angeles closed Tuesday as support workers with the Service Employees International Union launched a three-day strike over pay. The SEIU, which represents some 30,000 support workers, from teacher's aides, and cafeteria workers to bus drivers, said many of its members live in poverty because of pay of about $25,000 per year in Los Angeles. The union is asking for a 30% raise and the Los Angeles Unified School District said it has responded by offering what it called...