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L.A. Social Workers Strike Over Pay, Case Load Burden

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More than 1,000 social workers took to the picket lines in Los Angeles on Thursday, the first strike against the county in more than a decade. Service Employees International Union Local 721 represents more than 3,500 social workers and their supervisors -- but this labor action could spread, because all SEIU members are being urged to respect picket lines.

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