Photos: Three-day strike shuts down LAUSD, halting class for 420,000 students
Times Photography Staff
LAUSD employees rally on the first day of a three-day strike in front of LAUSD headquarters in Los Angeles. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)
The nation's second-largest school district ground to a halt Tuesday as 30,000 service employees — joined in sympathy by about 30,000 teachers — walked off the job to begin an anticipated three-day strike in demand of higher wages.
Despite persistent rain, picketing began in the predawn hours at a Van Nuys bus yard, then spread to locations throughout the district, which closed all of its schools in response to the walkout, leaving 420,000 students without classes.
Strkers and supporters rally in front of LAUSD headquarters. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
LAUSD employees rally on the first day of three day strike in front of LAUSD Headquarters in Los Angeles. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)
James Jones, center, gathers with other strikers and supporters Tuesday to protest in front of LAUSD headquarters in Los Angeles. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Workers distribute meals for students at an LAUSD grab & go site at the El Sereno Recreation Center. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
Workers distribute meals for students at an LAUSD grab & go site at the Lincoln Park Recreation Center in Los Angeles. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
LAUSD employees rally on the first day of three day strike in Los Angeles. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)
LAUSD employees and students strike in the rain in front of Farmdale Elementary School in El Sereno. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
LAUSD employees rally on the first day of three day strike in front of LAUSD Headquarters. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)
LAUSD employees rally on the first day of three day strike in front of LAUSD Headquarters. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)
In pouring rain, LAUSD employees rally in front of Robert F. Kennedy Community School as a three-day strike begins Tuesday. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Striking LAUSD employees, including bus drivers, teachers and custodians, march Tuesday in front of Robert F. Kennedy Community School. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
English teacher Mary Claire-Little, right, joins a rally by striking LAUSD employees in front of Robert F. Kennedy Community School. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
