Gallery: AFSCME Local 3299 union holds three-day strike
On day one of the strike, protesters rang cowbells as they marched past Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.
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UC employees on strike paid for the catered food from Cibo Fresh during the first day of the protest. Andrew Martinez, a senior custodian for facilities, ran the catering throughout the day.
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Several of the protesters carried megaphones with them to lead chants such as, ''UC, UC, you're no good. Treat your workers like you should!''
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A banner reading ''Huelga,'' the Spanish word for strike, was carried through the first day of the strike.
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U.S. senatorial candidate for California Kevin de León (left) and AFSCME Local 3299 president Kathryn Lybarger (right) raise their fists as they greet the crowd of strikers.
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Some AFSCME union workers carried drums, setting the rhythm for the marching and chants.
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An AFSCME staffer speaks with a policeman and an APEX private security guard after the security guard allegedly identified himself as a police officer to tell the strikers to move.
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Many students joined the protest in solidarity with the workers.
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AFSCME president Lee Saunders addresses the crowd of strikers at the noon rally. ''You are either with us or you are against us. And shame on you if you are against us. ... Let's raise some hell for you and your families,'' Saunders said.
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On the first day of the strike, three students led the first march of the day with a sign that, when translated from Spanish to English, read ''Students united with laborers.''
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University Professional & Technical Employees at UCLA, another union that protested in solidarity with AFSCME, wielded signs stating ''UC for the many, not the few.''
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Protesters met in Ackerman Plaza for the third and final day of the AFSCME strike.
