Speech
Redmond on the 1937 Republic Steel Memorial Day Massacre
… I got my start just down the road at the Reynolds aluminum with Local 3911. So thank you all for inviting me back home to District 7. It’s great to be surrounded by my brothers and sisters and to see so many friends and friendly faces. Now, … Steelworker brothers from Locals 65 and 1033. From 1010 and 1011. We’re gathered here today to honor their lives, their work, their sacrifice. We’re here to reflect on this tragic event in labor history, in our nation's history. But we have to … intentionally misled and lied to. And because of that we cannot agree on the basic facts. It is clawing away at our basic right to vote and our right to organize, and it is undermining our electoral system and democracy. And it is leading to …