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Thousands of city workers walked a picket line out in front of Los Angeles City Hall.Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Thousands more union members convened outside City Hall with picket signs.

The union and city officials will resume negotiations next Monday, SEIU officials confirmed.

They wont be the only ones.

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They deserve fair contracts and we have been bargaining in good faith with SEIU 721 since January.

The City will always be available to make progress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

It feels like its Strike Summer because it is, SEIU 721 officials tweeted in late July.

But make no mistake our fight for respect does not end with the summer.

It ends with contracts that adequately protect and pay us.

SEIU Local 721 represents more than 95,000 public sector workers in Southern California.

The city and union would then negotiate over a number of smaller specific proposals, she said.

Were not going to tolerate unfair labor practices during bargaining or at all.

Were fed up, Valdez said.

The most recent strike by Los Angeles city workers occurred in November 1980.

City News Service contributed to this report.