‘Solidarity came naturally’: why Inter Miami’s support of striking hotel workers matters

After accidentally wading into a labor dispute on a road trip, the club helped raise the visibility of workers’ struggles in southern California

On a recent leg of the high-profile, celebrity road show that is Lionel Messi in Major League Soccer, the Argentine star and his Inter Miami teammates walked into the middle of a southern California labor dispute.

What followed was a show of support and solidarity that demonstrated the players’ understanding of workers’ rights, stemming from the prominence and importance of their own unions.

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