Speech
Redmond: We Cannot Be Numb to Workplace Violence
… Thank you Darrin [Kelly] and the Workers' Memorial Planning Committee for including me here today. It’s a privilege to be joining you for Workers Memorial Day as we mourn the friends, family and colleagues we lost over this past year – here … having the resolve and determination to make our workplaces safer – for us, for our children and grandchildren. This is work we must commit to, because workplace injuries and illnesses and deaths are preventable. Everyone should be able to work … cause disease. And everyone should be able to come home after their shift free from injury. But not all workers have that right. Some employers are not committed to the health and safety of their workers. The pandemic made that crystal clear. …