Katrina Survivors March In DC
Monday, February 13, 2006(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Survivors of Hurricane Katrina were in Washington last week to urge
Congress to speed up recovery efforts as tens of thousands continue to suffer
from the devastation. The AFL-CIO has set up worker centers in Mississippi and
Louisiana which continue to provide assistance to victims. Through its Union
Community Fund, the AFL-CIO has raised several hundred thousand dollars for
hurricane relief, and the Community Services Agency of the Metropolitan
Washington Council, AFL-CIO is serving as the fiscal agent for the flow of
dollars to the area. The Agency
also harnessed the generosity and activism of hundreds of area union members and
workers who donated cash and needed items for victims in the weeks after the
hurricanes. In the photo at left, taken at Wednesday night’s reception at the
AFL-CIO, a 9th Ward New Orleans resident shows a photograph of his ruined home.
Photo by Chris Garlock