▁demonstr ations , ▁thre ats ▁to ▁with hold ▁gr ades , ▁thre ats ▁to ▁dock ▁teacher ▁pay ▁and ▁many ▁hard ▁fought ▁court ▁batt les . ▁ ▁Union ▁dem ands ▁included ▁pay ▁increases ▁and ▁better ▁school ▁conditions . ▁ ▁Th ous ands ▁of ▁substitute ▁teachers ▁were ▁mobil ized ▁in ▁prepar ation ▁for ▁the ▁strike , ▁and ▁teachers ▁prepared ▁by ▁saving ▁money ▁to ▁end ure ▁a ▁long ▁walk - out . ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁city ' s ▁ 6 0 0 ▁schools ▁reported ly ▁remained ▁open ▁but ▁with ▁lower ▁attend ance . ▁The ▁district ▁reported ▁that ▁ 8 , 6 4 2 ▁teachers ▁crossed ▁pick et ▁lines , ▁and ▁public ▁r het or ic ▁by ▁both ▁sides ▁was ▁critical ▁and ▁inten se . ▁▁▁▁ ▁After ▁negoti ations , ▁a ▁settlement ▁was ▁reached ▁and ▁a ▁three - year ▁contract ▁produced . ▁ ▁Both ▁sides ▁claimed ▁victory . ▁ ▁Despite ▁successful ▁teacher ▁pay ▁ra ises ▁obtained ▁in ▁the ▁settlement , ▁a ▁massive ▁economic ▁re cess ion ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁caused ▁negoti ations ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁to ▁focus ▁on ▁prevent ing ▁massive ▁lay offs ▁due ▁to ▁hundreds ▁of ▁millions ▁in ▁budget ▁def ic its . ▁ ▁Sal aries ▁were ▁cut ▁to ▁avoid ▁lay offs , ▁am el ior ating ▁the ▁positive ▁results ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁strike . ▁▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁strike ▁ ▁In ▁August ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁under ▁the ▁leadership ▁of ▁progress ive ▁U T LA ▁President ▁Alex ▁Cap uto -