Los Angeles, harsh company town with an antilabor reputation and a strike-busting, organization-killing old guard, opened its heart to a well-organized walkout of some of its lowest-paid workers seeking better pay. Motorists endured congestion and waved their fists, not in rage but in solidarity with thousands of marching, striking janitors in their shirts of bright red.
Source: Why Antilabor L.A. Embraced the Striking Janitors – Los Angeles Times