May 15 — Several dozen members and leaders of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) were arrested when they sat down in the street in front of the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters and refused to leave.  UTLA had scheduled a one-day strike to protest budget reductions, layoffs and soaring class sizes, but had to revise their plan when a judge issued a restraining order that would have fined teachers and threatened revoking their credentials if they struck. Instead, teachers demonstrated before school at their sites and staged a sit in. 

CFT president Marty Hittelman (center) joins teachers, parents, classified employees and students on picket line before school at Franklin Avenue Elementary in Los Angeles on May 15.

• Associated Press story
  
• More on the story, including photos and news coverage, from UTLA website.