Los Angeles strike highlights paltry US school worker pay – By Associated Press (Daily Kos) / Mar 22 2023
Bus drivers shuttle America’s children to schools where cafeteria workers feed them and teacher aides assist students who need the most help.
And their pay is notoriously low. School support staffers earn, on average, about $25,000 a year in Los Angeles, barely enough to get by in one of the most expensive cities in America.
The pay is a driving factor behind a three-day strike that has shut down the entire Los Angeles school system and put a spotlight on the paltry pay of support staff that serves as the backbone of schools nationwide.
Even outside pricey California, the school gigs often don’t pay enough to live on.
