Members of the largest unions representing teachers and nonteachers participate in joint rally at Grand Park in March 2023. The scene will be repeated on Wednesday, with union members once again on the verge of a strike. With contract negotiations at a standstill, leaders of the Los Angeles teachers union are widely expected on Wednesday to announce the date of a strike that, if carried out, would interrupt the education of about 390,000 students. In late January, union members voted overwhelmingly to give their leadership the authority to call a strike at its discretion. That union’s members also have authorized their union’s leaders to call a strike at their discretion.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 18, 2026 14:20 UTC