Unions Join Tsunami Relief
Wednesday, January 5, 2005(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Unions and union members are joining in the massive relief efforts to
help the millions of survivors of the December 26 tsunami that devastated
coastal communities in Sri Lanka, Thailand, India, Indonesia and other Indian
Ocean nations. “Thousands of union members and their families are missing or
dead,” said AFL-CIO president John Sweeney. “Many no longer have
homes. The destruction of factories, hotels, restaurants and roads has
left tens of thousands of garment, tourist and public sector workers without
jobs.” The AFL-CIO American Center for International Labor Solidarity
(Solidarity Center) has established a Tsunami Relief Fund: to contribute, make
out a check marked Tsunami Relief, payable to Solidarity Center Education Fund,
and send it to Tsunami Relief Fund, Solidarity Center, 1925 K St., N.W., Suite
300, Washington, DC, 20006-1105. Click here for more information on
the Solidarity Center's relief fund and for a firsthand account of the
destruction and initial relief efforts in Thailand. For a list of relief
agencies, see the U.S. Agency for International
Development website.