Support staff in the Los Angele county school district, who make an average of $25,000 a year, are on strike for better pay and working conditions …
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00:00Schools in the country's second-largest school system could be closed for as long as three days
00:04as 30,000 supporting staff members strike over low wages.
00:08Custodians, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, and other support staff employees in the city of Los Angeles
00:14make an average of $25,000 a year, an amount that union members call poverty wages.
00:20These workers, most of whom are part-time, are demanding higher wages, full-time opportunities,
00:25better staffing, and more respectful treatment.
00:27The union represents 30,000 workers and has been unsuccessful in negotiations
00:32with the Los Angeles Unified School District for almost a year now.
00:36Teachers in Los Angeles are also striking in solidarity with their supporting staff colleagues,
00:41which has closed over a thousand schools in the district and affected 600,000 students.
00:46In 2019, a strike by members of the United Teachers Los Angeles Union
00:50also shut down schools in the district for six days.