Randi WeingartenLily GarcíaAlex Caputo-Pearl Eric GarcettiMike FeuerRon GalperinAustin Beutner More than 30,000 public-school teachers of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) went on strike from January 14 to 22, 2019.

[1] Protesting low pay, large class sizes, inadequate support staffs of nurses and librarians, and the proliferation of charter schools, the teachers went on strike for the first time in the district in 30 years.

[3] Though teachers were also striking to highlight issues like demands for pay raises, public discussion became predominantly focused on the union's opposition to charter schools.

[8] On January 14, 30,000 teachers walked out of class and onto the picket line in what became the first such strike in LA in 30 years,[9] affecting nearly 500,000 students in the second largest school district in the US.

[11] Following six days of crowded rallies,[12] UTLA and the school district reached a new contract deal on January 22, ending the strike.