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