The nonteaching staff of Los Angeles public schools walked off the job demanding a 30% wage increase to accommodate the high cost of living in Southern California. The walkout forced more than 1,000 schools into a three-day shutdown as tens of thousands of teachers refused to cross the picket in support of their colleagues.

• Employer: Los Angeles Unified School District

• Union: SEIU Local 99, United Teachers Los Angeles

• Strike length: 3 days

• Workers: 65,000

A lengthy negotiation process yielded the first-ever contract at the Whitney Museum, with salaried workers set to receive an average of 1.3x their current earnings and hourly employees looking at an $8 raise over the next three years.