Los Angeles school employees and supporters rallied in Los Angeles State Historic Park on Thursday.
The strike began on Tuesday in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles, with bus drivers and other school employees walking a picket line outside a school district bus depot.
Little prospect of breakthrough as strikes hit schools, trains, universities and border posts
Unions and the government appear as far apart as ever after widespread strike action closed or partly closed more than half of schools across England and Wales.
Striking workers from participating unions held rallies in cities including Bristol, Brighton, Birmingham and London on Wednesday as teachers, university staff, rail workers and civil servants stopped work to demand better pay.
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