Speech
Redmond Celebrates Black Men in Unions
… AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond delivered the following remarks as prepared to the Celebrating Black Men in Unions Conference: Thank you for that warm welcome. Good morning. I’m Fred Redmond, … But law enforcement officers are workers. And they, as workers, have rights to collectively bargain, to have a voice at work, whistleblower protections, as all workers should. But the problem is law enforcement is a broken profession. And the … for racial justice in the workplace and throughout our communities. At the aluminum mill in Chicago where I worked right out of high school and became shop steward and then as grievance chair. At the local where I became active in the fight …