Labor organizations across the globe are mobilizing to help the people of Southeast Asia recover from the earthquake and tsunami disaster, Eric Lee of the Labourstart website reports.
Lee is cataloging aid efforts by unions around the world and has set up a special web page with the information. So far, the aid efforts include:
* In Sweden, the metal workers union has pledged 100,000 Euros -- and called on other unions around the world to make similar donations.
* A union in Cyprus has made a contribution of ?2,000 to express its solidarity with the working people of Sri Lanka.
* In Tamil Nadu, India, the Southern Railway Mazdoor Union distributed food pockets, clothes and medicines to victims.
* Also in India, the Hind Mazdoor Sabha issued a public call on the institutions of the international labour movement to help at this critical moment.
* In Sri Lanka, the Norwegian trade union aid agency's mine clearance program was severely hit. The fate of its 650 local mine clearers is not yet known.
* The food workers global union federation, the IUF, has produced an initial report with some details of losses of lives of hotel and plantation workers in the region.
In addition to covering news, the Labourstart website is also listing links to places where you can donate, with the emphasis being on trade union linked relief agencies, where possible.
For more information
Visit the special Labourstart web page, www.labourstart.org/tsunami
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Labor organizations across the globe are mobilizing to help the people of Southeast Asia recover from the earthquake and tsunami disaster, Eric Lee of the Labourstart website reports.
Lee is cataloging aid efforts by unions around the world and has set up a special web page with the information. So far, the aid efforts include:
* In Sweden, the metal workers union has pledged 100,000 Euros — and called on other unions around the world to make similar donations.
* A union in Cyprus has made a contribution of ?2,000 to express its solidarity with the working people of Sri Lanka.
* In Tamil Nadu, India, the Southern Railway Mazdoor Union distributed food pockets, clothes and medicines to victims.
* Also in India, the Hind Mazdoor Sabha issued a public call on the institutions of the international labour movement to help at this critical moment.
* In Sri Lanka, the Norwegian trade union aid agency’s mine clearance program was severely hit. The fate of its 650 local mine clearers is not yet known.
* The food workers global union federation, the IUF, has produced an initial report with some details of losses of lives of hotel and plantation workers in the region.
In addition to covering news, the Labourstart website is also listing links to places where you can donate, with the emphasis being on trade union linked relief agencies, where possible.
For more information
Visit the special Labourstart web page, www.labourstart.org/tsunami