Speech
Redmond: Tennessee Labor Is Building a Better Society
… of Steelworkers Region 9. President Vonda McDaniel of the Nashville and Middle Tennessee CLC—thank you for your hard work building the council’s capacity this year. And for your friendship and fellowship on the AFL-CIO Executive Council, and … the entire Executive Board, thank you for your leadership, activism and advocacy across Tennessee. And of course, I want to thank another fellow Steelworker, Brother Billy (Dycus). The labor movement is better off in this beautiful state of … showing the nation—despite some of the most anti-worker and anti-union laws in the country—we will not be denied our right to build a better society. A society where work pays. And workers are safe. Where healthcare is a right. And retirement …