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    'Fed up' California workers across industries demand more amid rising cost of living

    by Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times Mar 23, 2023 5 minutes
    Protesters picket in front of the LAUSD headquarters in Los Angeles on Tuesday during first day of a three-day strike, calling for better wages and working conditions for some of Los Angeles public schools’ lowest-paid employees: bus drivers, custodians, special-education assistants and others.

    Fast-food cooks and cashiers. Caretakers. Housekeepers. Hospital staff. School bus drivers. Custodians. State employees.

    Workers from all kinds of industries are demanding more in wages and benefits in order to keep up with the rising cost of living in California. They are backed by a wave of Democrat-led legislation making its way through the state Capitol — converging with ballot measures and funding requests from Gov. Gavin Newsom — to create a workers' rights moment that seems unique even for one of the most union-friendly states in the nation.

    The calls come as support staff at Los Angeles Unified — the country's second-largest school district — walked out of classrooms on strike and state workers rallied outside the Capitol in Sacramento this week.

    "We used to be able to afford to go out to eat, but even fast food is expensive ... we

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