California: Union members arrested during protest at University of California

On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech in support of fairer wages that, 40 years later, became the rallying cry for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

On Thursday, inspired by King’s “I’ve been to the mountaintop” speech, members of California’s AFSCME Local 3299 participated in a statewide protest in hopes of getting the University of California to increase wages and benefits for primary care and service workers at all 10 UC campuses.

The huge protest began with chants of “Si se puede,” or “Yes we can,” as AFSCME members took turns voicing their frustrations over a megaphone and ended when a small group of protesters sat down in a circle in the middle of Wilshire Boulevard in an act of civil disobedience resulting in their arrest.

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