(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – National AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond is repeating a somber warning to Workers, Union and Non-Union alike: This November’s Election is not just about the Presidency, but about Democracy.

Redmond told a panel discussion at the Labor Department last week on the anniversary of the founders’ signing the Constitution, that Organized Labor must lead the fight to preserve the Republic: “Unions thrive in Democratic countries and in countries where you have Democratic principles.  They don’t survive in autocracies and dictatorships.  So we have the responsibility to fight for Democracy and it should be the responsibility of the entire Labor Movement to lead that fight.”

Redmond didn’t need to spell out the political choice by name.

Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, her Party’s nominee to succeed President Joe Biden, has repeatedly pledged to obey, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.

Her foe, Republican/MAGA Leader Donald Trump, Biden’s predecessor and a convicted felon, has said he’ll be a dictator on day one.

But nobody, including his own supporters, believes he’ll stop then.

Trump says he’ll junk parts of the Nation’s basic charter that he doesn’t like.

In case anyone has forgotten, Trump tried to overturn the peaceful succession of power three and a half years ago, inciting what even he calls “an insurrection.”

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