Los Angeles teachers are set to strike on Monday, a plan that will impact about a half million students in the nation’s second-largest school district. On the union side, United Teachers Los Angeles is fighting for pay raises, smaller class sizes and additional support staff. On the opposing side is the Los Angeles Unified School District, which says it simply doesn’t have the funds for such changes. What happens with this teachers strike could set the stage for how these issues play out in the 2020 election and beyond. In Los Angeles, the local union is flexing its muscle, with 98 percent of voting members supporting a strike.

Source: Huffington Post January 12, 2019 01:18 UTC