30,000 public school teachers in Los Angeles go on strike as negotiations stall -By Dillon quicksall

This Monday, over thirty thousand high-school teachers in Los Angeles walked out in protest of poor quality of education for students and bad wages. Many of them reported having classes with as high as 40 students per class, rendering their instruction time extremely inefficient and individual connections near impossible. The teachers, in addition to the reduction in class size, also wanted more school nurses and higher wages in order to strengthen the school. The district had condemned the strike, saying that one it would "harm the students, families and communities we serve, and we have a responsibility to resolve the situation without a strike." The district also made an offer for a 6% raise happening over a few years, but the teachers' union rejected it. They are still currently on strike, and they appear to be willing to continue heir strike for an extended period of time.
     These actions are reminiscent of the U.S. Gilded Age, in which massive division between the rich and poor existed, leading, inevitably, to many workers going on strikes due to horrendous working conditions and the U.S. being one of the most dangerous countries for workers in the world. As with any strike, we will either see it play out and the teachers get their conditions met, or all of them replaced. History truly does repeat itself.

















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