L.A. school district and union reach deal after strike closes classrooms

A union representing nearly 30,000 Los Angeles school workers reached a tentative agreement with the Los Angeles Unified School District on Friday, after a three-day strike this week that kept 420,000 students in the United States’ second-largest school district out of the classroom. The deal “addresses historical pay inequities,” “significantly” increases salaries, expands health-care benefits for part-time employees and invests in professional development for workers, LAUSD said in a statement. Service Employees International Union Local 99 — whose members include bus drivers, custodians and cafeteria workers — said the agreement...