Los Angeles teachers’ strike extends to second day with no talks on horizon

By Alex Dobuzinskis and Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Some 30,000 striking teachers demanding higher pay, smaller classes and more support staff from the nation's second-largest school district walked picket lines for a second day on Tuesday, with no new talks on the horizon between stalemated union and district officials. Negotiators for the Los Angeles Unified School District and the United Teachers Los Angeles have not met since union leaders rejected the LAUSD's latest contract offer on Friday night, calling the proposal an "insult." Asked Tuesday afternoon whether the two sides had any intention of returning to the bargaining table, an LAUSD spokeswoman said, "Nothing is scheduled at this time." The strike, shattering 30 years of labor peace by Los Angeles teachers, has not completely idled instruction in the sprawling district encompassing some 1,200 schools

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