Speech
Redmond on PRO Act: We Are In This Campaign to Win It
… at a Labor Day PRO Act rally: Thank you, Fred [Yamashita]! Thank you, Juan [Padilla]! Thank you, Arizona! It is great to be at IUPAT! A powerful union. Happy Labor Day, everybody! Labor. Allies. Elected officials. Our friends in business. … wages. And better benefits. For safe workplaces. Retirement. Protection from discrimination. Equal pay for equal work! And no more fear of deportation for immigrant workers. I know what it means to have a union. My parents were the … to have that chance. I want every family to feel that joy. The PRO Act is how we do it! Let’s be real. Arizona passed right to work in 1946. It was passed to keep people who look like me out of the union. How can workers organize in 2021 …