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Unions, members aid hurricane victims; Thousands of Gulf Coast AFSCME families affected

Sept. 2, 2005 (updated Sept. 7, 2005) - Union members who want to help Gulf Coast residents devastated by Hurricane Katrina can now do so through a sister union in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

OCSEA has paired with AFSCME Council 17 to support relief efforts to its members who have been affected by the hurricane. The union represents about 8,000 state, county and municipal employees in Louisiana, a state without a collective bargaining law.

Council 17 President Garland Webb said the storm devastated his area and he’s excited about OCSEA’s offer to help with financial assistance. Webb set up a special checking account for this purpose and Council 17 will provide OCSEA with a complete accounting of how our donations are used.

OCSEA RESPONDS – Help AFSCME sisters and brothers victimized by Katrina through OCSEA’s Charitable Contribution Committee

 1.  Make the check out to AFSCME Council 17.

 2.  Mail checks to:
OCSEA/ASFCME Local 11
c/o Charitable Contribution Committee
390 Worthington Rd. Ste. A
Westerville, Ohio 43082-8331

The OCSEA Comptroller’s Office will mail the checks to Council 17. If you have questions, please contact David Long, Office of General Counsel, at 614-865-2641 or (toll free) 800-266-5615, ext. 2641, or send an email to dlong@ocsea.org.

Nationwide, unions are mobilizing to aid the hundreds of thousands of Gulf Coast residents devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

AFSCME RESPONDS – Learn more about how you can donate to the AFSCME Fallen Heroes Fund, support legislation and federal aid to address this crisis and future ones, or adopt a famlily by finding victims jobs and providing housing.

AFL-CIO RESPONDS – You also can be a part of the largest relief effort in the nation's history by contributing now to help working families through the Hurricane Relief Fund of the AFL-CIO's Union Community Fund.

See Related

• AFSCME, AFL-CIO coordinate large scale relief efforts

• Hurricane Katrina Recovery Website
• FEMA Website

• American Red Cross
• America's Second Harvest
• Catholic Charities USA
• Episcopal Relief and Development
• NAACP Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund
• National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
• Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
• Salvation Army
• United Methodist Committee on Relief
• United Way Hurricane Katrina Response Fund