Remembering Fred Ross Jr.
“Our brother Ross was a mentor for many. He was also a friend and a union brother. Though he will be greatly missed, his spirit lives on through each and every one of us who knew him. As the songs say, Wherever there is a righteous fight, there will be Fred Ross. Wherever there is a picket line, there will be Fred Ross. Wherever there are working men and women organizing, there will be Fred Ross!”
“Congress and the Country owe a profound debt of thanks to Fred for always organizing and never agonizing – for his lifelong devotion to strengthening our labor movement and serving the nation he loved so deeply. Fueled by a deep-seated faith in the power of worker solidarity, he carried on the remarkable legacy of his father, the legendary Fred Ross, Sr., and helped forge America into a better, fairer place. Fred’s life was a testament to this basic truth: the spirit of change lives not in the hands of a powerful few but in union halls and at kitchen tables.”
“Without his early support and brilliant leadership organizing the ground operation of my first campaign, I would have never become a Member of Congress,” House Speaker Pelosi wrote.”
“Ross and his father are likely the greatest father-son organizing team in the nation’s history”