Over 11,000 city workers in Los Angeles go on 24-hour strike

LOS ANGELES, Aug 9: More than 11,000 city workers in Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States, are leaving their job on Tuesday for a 24-hour strike.

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 721, the largest public sector union in Southern California, said in a Facebook post that it staged a one-day walkout over "unfair labor practice."