The city's new mayor has taken a very different approach to Los Angeles' educational issues than her predecessors.
is facing her first mayoral challenge just 100 days after taking office, and the tricky nature of labor disputes, as well as the blueprint left by her predecessors, will make her response critical to the rest of her tenure, experts say.
While the strike is being led by a union that represents 30,000 school custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers and other support staff, it is also backed by the United Teachers Los Angeles, who are striking in solidarity this week. Los Angeles public school support staff, teachers, and supporters rally outside of the school district headquarters on the first day of a three-day strike in Los Angeles, California, on March 21, 2023. Inset: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass smiles at a rally on October 27, 2022, in Playa Vista, California.
Los Angeles school workers—who currently make an average salary of $25,000 a year— are demanding wage increases, more full-time work and full health care benefits for those working more than four hours a day.
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