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Ernesto Guerrero, director of United Social Workers West, incites the crowd in Bruin Plaza before their march begins.

Members of the United Social Workers West labor union from all over Los Angeles County came together on the afternoon of Feb. 9 to demonstrate against inequality and advocate for janitors.

Protesters converge on Bruin Plaza around noon in what was by far the largest demonstration held on UCLA’s campus this academic year. An estimated 1,000 protesters were present at the march’s peak.

Second-year English and mathematics student Seth Newmeyer, a member of Occupy UCLA protests earlier in the year, addressed United Social Workers West demonstrators assembled in Bruin Plaza with the help of a translator.

Protesters voice their approval for the words of fifth-year UCLA student Sofia Campos, who spoke to the crowd from the steps of Ackerman Student Union.

The group of demonstrators assembled in Bruin Plaza mobilizes as it prepares to make its way down Westwood Boulevard.

Protesters began in UCLA’s Bruin Plaza, rallying and chanting as they walked to Wilshire Boulevard.

Protesters depart from Bruin Plaza on their way toward Westwood Boulevard.

Protesters carried two tents, symbolic of the Occupy movement, during the USWW march through Westwood.

Protesters make their way slowly down to Wilshire Boulevard on Westwood, passing all the major banks on the way.

Jonatan Perez sits on the shoulders of his father, Marcelino Perez, as they take part in the Justice for Janitors protest on Wilshire Boulevard on Thursday afternoon.

Protesters pause on Westwood Boulevard as they march toward Wilshire Boulevard.

Janitor Ana Castro raises a mop while participating in a chant near the front of the line of demonstrators.

“Justice for Janitors” signs, shirts and banners were a frequent sight during the USWW protest.

USWW senior organizer Raphael Leib, right, receives instructions from a police officer as the demonstrators near Wilshire Boulevard.

Two USWW activists share a moment as the protesters make their way down Westwood Boulevard toward Wilshire.

The crowd of protesters was estimated to have reached at least 1,000 people at its peak.

Construction workers look on as the protesters make a scene outside of their work area on Wilshire Boulevard.

The protesters completely took over one side of the street on Wilshire Boulevard, and were able to walk in the car-free road.

The large amount of people were able to stop traffic at Wilshire and Westwood boulevards for a very limited amount of time. Their ultimate goal was the Federal Building on Wilshire Blvd and Veteran Ave.

A man holding a two-sided sign with the messages “Union Parasites” and “Worship God, not Gov’t” greeted USWW protesters as they crossed Wilshire Boulevard.

Police cars attempt to guide the protesters on Wilshire Blvd and Gayley Ave.

The USWW demonstration echoed Occupy protests, with many references to the “99 percent” and the use of tents during the group’s journey through Westwood.

The protesters walked from UCLA’s Bruin Plaza to Wilshire Boulevard and down to the Federal Building, where they rallied together and chanted against income discrepancies.

The protesters reached the Federal Building on Wilshire Blvd and Veteran Ave.

Protesters swarm past the intersection of Wilshire Blvd. and Gayley Ave. as they head toward the Federal Building.

USWW director Ernesto Guerrero rallies protesters arriving at the Federal Building.

USWW president Mike Garcia, center, helps drummers fall in sync with protesters’ chants in front of the the Federal Building.

Janitor Rosa Ayala of Hollywood, right, moves her hips to the beat of the protesters’ drum corps as the demonstration neared a close.

Ed P. Reyes, councilmember of the First District, voiced his support to protesters assembled outside the Federal Building on Wilshire Boulevard.

The protesters had hundreds of uniform signs distributed throughout the group.

After the rally, protesters packed up signs and boarded buses to attend a protest in the San Fernando Valley.

Police look on as protesters board buses to attend a rally in the San Fernando Valley.