From: Pam Fendt 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 ------------------ 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 This email was scanned by Bitdefender