From the national AFL-CIO, to international unions, to regional councils and central labor bodies, the union movement is mobilizing to assist union members and other people impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
To provide immediate relief in the affected area, the AFL-CIO has created a Union Community Relief Fund to accept donations from union members and others and also created several worker centers for direct assistance. Firefighters, police officers, nurses and others have volunteered to help. Several international unions have sent large donations and established funds to aid in their members' recovery.
Here in Minnesota, the Lakes & Plains Regional Council of Carpenters recently filled their semi-truck with water and food and six volunteers accompanied the truck to Mississippi. The truck was filled with 30,000 pounds of water and meals for 3,000 people, reported Ken Kelash, community liaison for Lakes & Plains.
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The volunteers included Mike Bennett, Todd Malcolm, Bob Monette, Steve Nagel, Ralph A. Nash, and Dennis Perrier.
They drove straight through ? 24 hours ? to Moss Point Mississippi, to a Carpenters training center. There they spent six days distributing water, food and personal hygiene supplies.
"The children were expressionless, from toddlers up through teens," said Bennett, field agent for Lakes & Plains. "They were in shock. I really felt sorry for the children."
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"It was emotionally draining to be there and listen to everybody's stories," he said. He heard stories of death and loss.
Local community members, he stressed, assisted the relief efforts of Carpenters Local 234. "Without them, the people would have starved," he said.
For more information on AFL-CIO Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, visit www.aflcio.org. Donations may be made on-line with a credit card. Or, send a check to:
Union Community Fund Hurricane Relief Fund
P.O. Box 27306
Washington, D.C. 20038-7306
Steve Share edits the Minneapolis Labor Review, the official publication of the Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council. Visit the CLUC website, www.minneapolisunions.org
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From the national AFL-CIO, to international unions, to regional councils and central labor bodies, the union movement is mobilizing to assist union members and other people impacted by Hurricane Katrina.
To provide immediate relief in the affected area, the AFL-CIO has created a Union Community Relief Fund to accept donations from union members and others and also created several worker centers for direct assistance. Firefighters, police officers, nurses and others have volunteered to help. Several international unions have sent large donations and established funds to aid in their members’ recovery.
Here in Minnesota, the Lakes & Plains Regional Council of Carpenters recently filled their semi-truck with water and food and six volunteers accompanied the truck to Mississippi. The truck was filled with 30,000 pounds of water and meals for 3,000 people, reported Ken Kelash, community liaison for Lakes & Plains.
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The volunteers included Mike Bennett, Todd Malcolm, Bob Monette, Steve Nagel, Ralph A. Nash, and Dennis Perrier.
They drove straight through ? 24 hours ? to Moss Point Mississippi, to a Carpenters training center. There they spent six days distributing water, food and personal hygiene supplies.
“The children were expressionless, from toddlers up through teens,” said Bennett, field agent for Lakes & Plains. “They were in shock. I really felt sorry for the children.”
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“It was emotionally draining to be there and listen to everybody’s stories,” he said. He heard stories of death and loss.
Local community members, he stressed, assisted the relief efforts of Carpenters Local 234. “Without them, the people would have starved,” he said.
For more information on AFL-CIO Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, visit www.aflcio.org. Donations may be made on-line with a credit card. Or, send a check to:
Union Community Fund Hurricane Relief Fund
P.O. Box 27306
Washington, D.C. 20038-7306
Steve Share edits the Minneapolis Labor Review, the official publication of the Minneapolis Central Labor Union Council. Visit the CLUC website, www.minneapolisunions.org