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Out of class. teachers, bus drivers, custodians and cafeteria workers taking to the streets yesterday to rally for better pay and more staffing. gavin newsom has been relatively silent on the dispute, not responding to inquiries from fox news. >> todd: he might want to jump into this, biggest city in california. one colorado city wants to take climate crusade to next level by banning new gas stations, potentially putting business owners in a bad spot. >> to some extent, the reason were in the cl...

Thousands of service workers backed by teachers continued to strike against the Los Angeles Unified School District on Thursday

The union, which represents about 45,000 Disney workers, has been pushing for an $18 minimum wage for employees amid inflation and rising costs of living, union leaders announced.

>> at least it was clippers and not lakers. what do you think? >> i think i disagree. i dont like the idea that the teachers, and there are 35,000 of them, protesting in solidarity. that means that the schools are closed because the teachers decided not to come in. the custodians, bus drivers, and other people are not coming in and if they want 30% instead of 23%, god bless them if they want to strike. this shows you more than anything about where the teachers hearts are. we talk about the fact ...

Probably go first through eighth grade, and everybody could do that. the unions did a rare thing is destroy the reputation of something really, really heroic. they turned it into a punch line. imagine if there was a national union of grandparents that were mean and scary. and they would go on strike and they -- it was like instead of being sweet and lovely, thats what this is. the teacher unions are the opposite of how you think teachers are. they seem angry, they seem like theyre -- like they d...

Necessarily get sick themselves but passed around covid pretty easily and now you have this like you know, people are saying the struggle is over. the pandemic is ending, but it it up, but it doesnt feel over to them. the struggle doesnt feel over and i think everyone needs to kind of put themselves into that psychological frame of mind where its not now that theyre just feeling this squeeze. it was the whole pandemic and the country seems to be getting over it, but nothing has changed for them,...

Strike forcing studenting out of classrooms across los angeles. teachers, bus drivers, custodians and cafeteria workers are rallying for better pay and staffing. they have been negotiating since april, but failed to reach an agreement. the strike could last until tomorrow if a deal is not reached. dhs secretary mayorkas touring the border with hobbs. >> todd: fentanyl pills were stopped in the same area, what is plan to stop the k5r9el for using this area as a drug pipeline. we will discuss this...

More than 400,000 students are out of the classroom in los angeles and will be for the next two days. school employees are on strike at the second-largest school district in the country. cbss carter evans tells us tonight what they are asking for. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: walking the picket lines in the pouring rain, l.a. school support staff are flanked by teachers in solidarity. >> we are supporting our sister union. its a crisis. >> without bus drivers, without cafeteria workers, wi...

Angeles, the second largest school district in the country has canceled now a second day of classes. 30,000 workers are on strike, including cafeteria workers, janitors, bus drivers and other support staff. their union is demanding wages above the poverty level and also more staffing. united teachers of l a says its union educators are going to honor the picket lines. the strike is expected to last through tomorrow. well age is just a number for an elderly tortoise named mr pickles at the housto...

Angeles where school is out for a second day in a row after staff including custodian bus drivers, they walked off the job. their union is demanding a 30% pay increase with an average salary of $25,000, and teachers who arent in the union say they wont cross the picket lines. that means theres a second day of parents scrambling to find child care. some kids could go to the los angeles zoo where students can visit for free as long as schools are closed and l.a. mayor karen bass has also announced...