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    :: Friday, September 09, 2005 ::

    Here's How You Can Help Victims of Hurricane Katrina AFL-CIO
    * In Baton Rouge, La., five building trades locals are using their halls as 'processing centers' to connect displaced workers in shelters with new jobs. The Sheet Metal Workers, Boilermakers, Carpenters, Plumbers and Pipe Fitters and Iron Workers have contributed $100,000 to provide funds, transportation and moving assistance for workers and their families who relocate for work.

    * Delegates to the Communications Workers of America convention in Chicago voted Aug. 30 to send up to $4 million in hurricane relief aid to help CWA families in the area. The union also is accepting donations for its CWA Disaster Relief Fund.

    * Many unions have established hurricane relief funds, or are using already existing relief funds, to aid their members' recovery:
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