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"Instead they have refused and will now see the anger of our members on the picket line outside their factories," she said.

Despite some arrests, the authorities seem unable to prevent the pickets.

As striking workers picketed at facilities across Southern California, Kaiser Permanente called the strike “unnecessary and disruptive” and said the demands would “dramatically increase” its current $6.3-billion annual payroll.

“Once a man walks out of the field and joins a picket line,” Vincent declares, “he’s never the same again.”

While some earlier protests did turn violent, she wrote, recent pickets outside Portland’s ICE headquarters have featured lawn chairs and low energy.