Labor leaders urge DNC to spike Atlanta
With New York, Chicago and Atlanta left as finalists to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention, state and national labor leaders are pushing even harder to knock one of the contenders out of the trio.
A letter sent to DNC Chair Jaime Harrison last week, obtained by POLITICO, argues that Atlanta doesn’t have nearly enough union hotels to host party delegates and price range needs. (There are just two.) That alone should be disqualifying for the “party of labor” under a president who has “proven himself the most pro-union president in history,” the union heads wrote.
AFL-CIO’s Elizabeth Shuler, AFSCME’s Lee Saunders and AFT’s Randi Weingarten, along with a slew of New York-based union names, are among the signatories.
“We are proud to represent members in Georgia and recognize the great cultural and political value of Atlanta, as well as the civil rights legacy and ongoing work for racial justice being led by activists throughout the state,” the letter reads. “But the importance of having many union hotels for a Democratic convention is well known, and the city has done nothing during its long convention bid to address the problem. With the deadline for the Party to choose a convention site getting close, this lack of union hotel capacity is disqualifying.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook/2023/03/02/labor-leaders-urge-dnc-to-spike-atlanta-00085148
