A statement from John Boardman, Local 25's Executive Secretary-Treasurer, on the recent murders of African American civilians:

"Our system is not broken; it was built this way. Hundreds of years of systemic racism have delivered us to this moment where dead are buried and, once again, we are joined in painful mourning. The murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor leave us angry and full of rage. Our anger must not diminish nor our resolve for change lessen. From this moment on, we must commit ourselves to tireless action. Honoring these dead deserves no less. It is for us then, the living, to organize, mobilize and fight. Racism must not be our future. Its evil and violence must be crushed. In its place, a new future, based on justice, built with our hands and our hearts, will take its place."