United Teachers Los Angeles President Alex Caputo-Pearl, center, joined teachers at a rally December 15. More than 32,000 Los Angeles teachers and staff members will walk off the job in the country's second-biggest school district.

United Teachers Los Angeles President Alex Caputo-Pearl, center, joined teachers at a rally December 15. More than 32,000 Los Angeles teachers and staff members will walk off the job in the country's second-biggest school district.

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Los Angeles teachers are on strike, leaving 600,000 students in limbo

Under a relentless drizzle of cold rain, 32,000 Los Angeles educators walked off the job Monday in the country's second-biggest school district.