Gallery: Sen. Bernie Sanders joins UPTE-CWA strike, speaks at rally
Yeri Mercedes passes out soda to strikers. He said he had been there since 5 a.m.
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Workers placed their picket signs in a pile while they took a break for lunch.
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Police officers overlook the union strike from the roof of the Wendy and Leonard Goldberg Medical Building.
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Union strikers eat lunch provided by fellow staffers as they anticipate the noon rally.
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Union workers sat wherever they could to eat lunch, wrapping around Ronald Reagan medical center.
(Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin)
The UC Student-Workers Union, which represents more than 18,000 student workers, teaching assistants and tutors in the UC, marched in solidarity with UPTE-CWA.
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Behind several union representatives who spoke before him, Sen. Bernie Sanders waits in the shade and anticipates a crowd of 400 crowded in the medical plaza.
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Students and other audience members began crowding around the corner of Le Conte and Westwood as they awaited the noon rally.
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Sanders said he didn't come to the rally to speak as a presidential candidate, but hoping to have a say in decisions regarding labor rights in the near future.
(Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin)
Union workers raised their fists in solidarity, clapping in agreement as speakers spoke about wage inequality and fair labor.
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Fourth-year sociology student Maxwell Peterson (left) and second-year biology student Caroline LaPlaca listen to Sanders' speech.
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Sanders urged the UC to negotiate a fair contract with unions and commended workers for their fight.
(Jocelyn Dao/Daily Bruin)
