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A protester rallies with a crowd of UPMC employees on Grant Street during Thursday’s UPMC Essential Worker Strike in Downtown.
A protester holds up a sign that reads “Ask Me About… My Permanent Injuries” amidst a crowd of UPMC employees on Grant Street during Thursday’s UPMC Essential Worker Strike Downtown.
A protester holds up an open letter addressed to the UPMC board of directors to a UPMC representative outside of UPMC headquarters Downtown.
A UPMC representative looks at a protester who holds up an open letter addressed to the UPMC board of directors outside of UPMC headquarters in Downtown.
A protester rallies with a crowd of UPMC employees on Grant Street during Thursday’s UPMC Essential Worker Strike in Downtown.
A protester holds up a sign that reads “Workers of the World Unite for Revolution” amidst a crowd of UPMC employees on Grant Street during Thursday’s UPMC Essential Worker Strike in Downtown.
A protester rallies with a crowd of UPMC employees on Grant Street during Thursday’s UPMC Essential Worker Strike in Downtown.

A crowd of UPMC hospital workers and allies rallied Downtown on Grant Street and outside of UPMC headquarters on Thursday afternoon at the UPMC Essential Worker Strike. Hospital workers walked off and demanded $20 per hour, safer staffing, an end to medical debt and the right to unionize without interference.

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