1989 UTLA teachers’ strike

May 23, 1989: Striking teachers challenge car entering parking lot at Los Angeles High School during 1989 LAUSD teachers’ strike.

(Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)

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A 1989 strike by Los Angeles teachers lasted several days and produced a historic three-year contract.

May 22, 1989: Los Angeles Unified School District police officers arrest striking teachers at district headquarters during 1989 teachers’ strike.

(Rick Meyer / Los Angeles Times)

May 22, 1989: Striking LAUSD teachers face school police guarding district headquarters during a demonstration that blocked Grand Avenue.

(Rick Meyer / Los Angeles Times)

May 16, 1989: Students at Franklin High School in Highland Park refused to remain on the campus and hopped a fence. They staged a march on Avenue 54 in support of striking LAUSD teachers.

(Rick Meyer / Los Angeles Times)

May 16, 1989: Students from Franklin High School in Highland Park march on Avenue 54 in support of striking LAUSD teachers.

(Rick Meyer / Los Angeles Times)

May 5, 1989: Chanting “We want Britton,” students from Belmont High School mass at doors of the LAUSD district’s headquarters downtown, demanding to see Supt. Leonard Britton.

(Robert Durell / Los Angeles Times)

May 19, 1989: Union President Wayne Johnson speaks to a rally of thousands of teachers at Exposition Park.

(Joe Kennedy / Los Angeles Times)

May 15, 1989: Teacher Barbara Zatarain, picketing with her infant daughter, Alexia, stops to chat with a fellow striker at John Adams Junior High School as curious students peer through the fence.

(Larry Bessel / Los Angeles Times)

May 17, 1989: Teachers’ union chief Wayne Johnson cheers at Griffith Park rally during 1989 LAUSD teachers’ strike.

(Rick Meyer / Los Angeles Times)

May 25, 1989: Los Angeles Unified teachers celebrate news of settlement at rally at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.

(Patrick Downs / Los Angeles Times)

May 25, 1989: Los Angeles Unified teachers celebrate news of settlement at a rally at the Los Angeles Sports Arena.

(Patrick Downs / Los Angeles Times)

May 26, 1989: Teachers give the thumbs-up sign as they march back to their classrooms at Venice High School following the end of their strike.

(Iris Schneider / Los Angeles Times)