Speech
Redmond: Organizing Is Key to Reversing Decades of Austerity
… AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond delivered the following opening remarks virtually as prepared to a Trade Union Confederation's panel on unions organizing around the world: Hello, everyone. I’m Fred Redmond, … people around the world—that together, we are stronger than we are alone. That workers around the world need decent work, and freedom of association is the key to securing decent work. That workers joining together is the best way to reverse … belief that unions are the best vehicle to deliver the change workers want for their families and for our communities. Right now, workers are fed up. The pandemic has pulled back the curtain. And not just in the United States. We’re seeing …