bsmall2> More than any state in our troubled country, their ranks are filled with people of color and immigrants. While unions have always been tied closely with the struggles of civil rights, that has become even more pronounced in the years since George Floyd was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis.
> In the subsequent national soul-searching, unions were forced to do a bit of their own.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-07/chabria-column-ice-arrest-california-union-leader
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ICE arrested a California union leader. Does Trump understand what that means?
Unions in California are different from many in the U.S. because they are predominately people of color and immigrants. The arrest of a union president in L.A. will likely activate these unions to become powerful forces of nonviolent protest.