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A. teachers’ strike: Tens of thousands walk off job in Los AngelesTens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers went on strike Monday after negotiations in the nation’s second-largest school district collapsed. Braving rain,teachers carrying signs saying “on strike for our students” and umbrellas stood in picket lines Monday morning demanding smaller course sizes, more nurses, and counselors and librarians,higher wages for educators and more accountability for constitution schools. There were picket lines at 900 schools across the city, United Teachers Los Angeles union president and teacher Alex Caputo-Pearl said at a news conference Monday.
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