NPR News: 03-21-2023 4AM ET

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NPR News: 03-21-2023 4AM ET

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0:00.0	Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens.
0:06.2	The Los Angeles Unified School District is canceling classes today because of a threatened
0:10.9	strike.
0:12.2	As NPR's Giles Snyder reports, the nation's second largest school district is facing
0:16.1	a three-day walk out by cafeteria workers and other school support staff.
0:20.9	Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalo says he believes a strike is no
0:26.6	longer avoidable.
0:28.0	With that said, I will be here for as long as it takes waiting on a call from a willing
0:34.8	partner to have a meaningful conversation.
0:37.4	Carvalo accuses a union that represents some 30,000 school support staff of refusing
0:42.8	to negotiate.
0:44.3	The union represents teachers' aid, special education assistance, bus drivers, custodians,
0:49.4	cafeteria workers, and others.
0:51.4	Their demanding better wage is an increased staffing.
0:53.4	It has been working without a contract since June 2020.
0:57.3	Teachers say they will join their union co-workers on the picket lines.
1:01.2	Giles Snyder NPR News
1:03.4	The drug-resistant fungal infection has increased dramatically in medical facilities and has
1:08.5	become even harder to treat.
1:11.2	NPR's Rob Stolling reports on a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
1:16.6	The CDC says the number of patients in hospitals and nursing homes infected with a fungus-noticed
1:22.4	Candida-Oris almost doubled to 1471 cases in 2021.
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