MALC/Milwaukee Area Labor Council AFL-CIO say NO to GOP Convention in Milwaukee

 

John Schlifske, Northwestern Mutual salivating about the GOP coming to Milwaukee

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John Schlifske

Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer at Northwestern Mutual

Milwaukee has done it again! Congratulations for winning the bid to serve as the host city for the 2024 RNC! Our hometown has proven once more that it is a great destination for businesses, conventions and tourists. And after holding an unforgettable NorthwesteMrn Mutual Annual Meeting in Milwaukee last week with 13,000 of our advisors and their families visiting our hometown, I can tell you that the delegates and convention-goers are in for something truly special. Milwaukee is looking forward to hosting you in 2024!

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LETTER OF OPPOSITION

From: Pam Fendt <pam@milwaukeelabor.org>

Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2022 1:13 PM

To: Elmer, Linda

Cc: Perez, Jose

Subject: letter clarification

Dear Linda, 

Can you please forward a communication to members of Steering and Rules committee?  Below 

is the body of the letter that MALC signed on to earlier this week.  I believe other members of 

the group of organizations have made or are going to make further statements on the issue of 

the RNC convention.  I feel it is important to be clear about what statement MALC has 

supported and where things might be different.  Thank you in advance.

Pam Fendt, president

Milwaukee Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO

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We the undersigned community organizations want to send a clear message to city, county and 

state leaders: the Republican National Convention is not welcome in Milwaukee.

 

The Republican Party, both nationally and in Wisconsin, has become an organization that 

supports White Supremacists, the violent attempted coup at the US Capitol to overthrow a 

democratic election, and continues to engineer new ways to undermine fair and democratic 

elections. 

 

The recent hate crime in Buffalo, is one of many escalated acts of violent hate inspired by 

their “great replacement” rhetoric, fear mongering, and harmful policies, and is yet another 

reminder of why we must not normalize the far right that has captured the Republican Party.

 

We take seriously the challenge to view issues through the twin lenses of “equity and race”; 

welcoming the current version of the Republican Party to Milwaukee does not meet that 

challenge. It undermines it.  

We work collaboratively on issues relative to the rights of workers on the job and the right to 

democratically organize at workplaces in the Milwaukee area, and we note that the RNC and 

many elected members of the party have serious shortcomings in their attitudes towards workers 

rights and unions.

We call on all Wisconsinites to send a strong message to Mayor Johnson and our Common 

Council representatives to oppose hosting the RNC in Milwaukee. 

Voces de la Frontera Action

Power to the Polls

Milwaukee Area Labor Council

Never Again is Now

SEIU

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MILWAUKEE AREA LABOR COUNCIL - AFLCIO