-- MRI technicians and nursing aides
rallied in front of the UCLA Medical
Center. They said the University's hiring of
lower paid contractors has pushed down wages and pushed out middle-class black employees
A UC spokeswoman says the
union is demanding unreasonable wage increases
but radiology worker Scott
Gilliam says administrators are
distracting from the real issue
(Scott Gilliam:) It has nothing to do with wages
It has to do with outsourcing, period.
And that's why we're all here.
And it's not about wages
It's not about pension.
It's not about benefits.
It's about outsourcing.
>>The UCLA Medical Center remains open during the
strike and is treating patients
The union says some of its members are
working during the strike
For NPR news, I'm David Wagner in Los Angeles.
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