Photo Essay: Over 1,000 Graduate Labor Union supporters protested for improved working conditions

Protesters supporting the University of Maryland Graduate Labor Union march down Campus Drive Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, at the University of Maryland, College Park. (Theodore Rose/The Black Explosion)

A group of Graduate Labor Union supporters crossing Campus Drive Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, at the University of Maryland, College Park. Protestors picketed multiple locations across the university before converging on McKeldin Mall. (Theodore Rose/The Black Explosion)

Protesters supporting the University of Maryland Graduate Labor Union march along the Omicron Delta Kappa fountain Wednesday at McKeldin Mall. (Theodore Rose/The Black Explosion)

A protester holds up a sign reading, “If UMD is so fearless why are they so afraid of our union,” outside the McKeldin Library at the University of Maryland, College Park. (Theodore Rose/The Black Explosion)

Protesters stand and chant Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 in front of McKeldin Library at the University of Maryland, College Park. Graduate Labor Union protesters gathered at the entrance of the McKeldin Library after picketing around McKeldin Mall. (Theodore Rose/The Black Explosion)

A crowd of protesters gather to hear speakers in front of the McKeldin Library at the University of Maryland, College Park. (Theodore Rose/The Black Explosion)

A protester with the Graduate Labor Union logo on a t-shirt stands and looks at the crowd gathered at the McKeldin Library at the University of Maryland, College Park. (Thedore Rose/The Black Explosion)