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.