By Natalia Mochernak
Feb. 27, 2025 2:29 p.m.
SANTA MONICA – The AFSCME Local 3299 strikers outside of the UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center are done picketing for the day as of 1:45 p.m. The picketers had been outside since 6 a.m. and completed their eight-hour shift by 2 p.m., said Maria Torres, a surgical technologist in the Santa Monica surgery center and media representative for the union. The picketers were outside the hospital from 4:30 a.m. to around 6 p.m. yesterday, she added.
“We are always here early, and I’m here very, very late,” Torres said.
The union’s stand will remain up until 4 p.m. today, she added.
Mochernak is the 2025-2026 campus politics editor and a Sports contributor. She was previously a News contributor on the metro and features and student life beats. Mochernak is a second-year communication and Spanish language and culture student from San Diego.
Mochernak is the 2025-2026 campus politics editor and a Sports contributor. She was previously a News contributor on the metro and features and student life beats. Mochernak is a second-year communication and Spanish language and culture student from San Diego.
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