When Amy Coney Barrett became the third justice appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court during Trump’s presidency, I couldn’t help but think about the court’s recent decisions that have, for the moment, preserved or expanded civil rights. In June, the court preserved the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, for now; struck down an unlawful ban on abortions in Louisiana, for now; and, in the bombshell Bostock v. Clayton County decision, granted lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people the right to federal workplace protections under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

I thought about these decisions in the context of the court’s unpredictable ruling record, including granting exemptions to the law for religious organizations. I considered just how short-term our wins could end up being under the court’s new conservative majority.

I think unions could be key in transforming the labor movement by strategically organizing LGBTQ workers into their ranks.

It all brought up an important truth for me: the “law of the land” is ever changing—and the odds of getting justice are always stacked against those of us who cannot easily access legal advocacy. So, we organize.

Read the full article about unions and LGBTQ workers by Aimee-Josiane Twagirumukiza at YES! Magazine.