Just a month before the Writers Guild sits down with major film and TV studios, its own staff union is striking right outside their offices, citing unfair labor practices.

Another major teachers’ union is set to bring a wave of misery to California — a week after strikes in San Francisco brought the city to a halt. Oakland Unified School District is set to hit the picket line as soon as next week after overwhelmingly voting in favor of a walkout at the end of last week.

Two-thirds of NYU’s contract faculty union voted to authorize a strike if administrators do not meet its demands for better compensation, job security and childcare in the coming weeks.  When the strike authorization vote closed Friday night,