UC Union Workers
04.26.2022
University of California union members gathered at the intersection of Wilshire and Westwood boulevards to rally for fair wages and affordable university housing. The Tuesday rally resulted in 26 arrests. (Shengfeng Chien/Daily Bruin staff) Article Link.
Twenty-six union members sit at the center of the Westwood-Wilshire intersection as hundreds of protesters circle around them. Union members chanted slogans such as “What’s outrageous, poverty wages.”
Hundreds of protesters fill the southbound lanes of Westwood Boulevard. Many hold signs that demand higher pay for academic workers.
The rally continues as protesters march past Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
A protester holds up a sign depicting a popular internet meme of a dog in a burning house and reads "this is not fine."
Rally organizers sit in the middle of the intersection with their hands behind their back as they wait to be arrested. In total, 26 arrests were made.
Protesters form a circle at the intersection of Wilshire and Westwood boulevards.