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Tens of thousands of Los Angeles County workers walked off their jobs and onto picket lines Tuesday, amid what their union described as a failure by the county to fairly bargain for a new contract.

It has represented a major clear-up operation since the police tactics changed on the picket line and the behind-the-scenes interventions by the government.

Without any warning, she broke from the picket line, ran to the door of the lobby, pushed it open, and flopped down on the floor inside.

During the all-out strike that began on 11 March, workers on the picket line have walked slowly in front of the bin lorries being driven out.

Sharon Graham seldom pulls her punches, but apart from giving a few quotes, she has not been on picket lines, and failed to give interviews bashing the council or the government.