"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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John Gaquin wrote:
Waddya know?!?! That heartless, ruthless, cut-throat, capitalistic,
slimy, sleazy, underhanded, abusive, lying, cheating oppressor of
defenseless working-class Americans - Wal-Mart - has donated $23
Million to Katrina relief. [Actually $15M from WalMart and $8M from
the Walton Family Trust.] That's more than most nations of the world
have pledged. WalMart has also stated that any WalMart employee
displaced by the storm is guaranteed a job at the nearest WalMart to
their resettlement point.
If they each work three wal-mart jobs, they might make enough to rent
an apartment and buy health insurance.
How much did the AFL-CIO donate?



I don't work for the AFL-CIO, but the labor movement has always been on
the front lines in responding to these situations. As of the middle of
last week, the following had been publicized by the AFL and some of its
member unions:

* The AFL-CIO has created a special Hurricane Relief Fund as part of
the Union Community Fund. Go to http://www.aflcio.org/hurricane to make
a tax-deductible contribution and be part of the largest relief effort
in the nation's history.
* Delegates to the CWA convention in Chicago voted to send up to $4
million in hurricane relief aid to help CWA families in the area.
* Several unions have established hurricane relief funds to aid
their members' recovery. Visit their websites for more information: AFT
(http://www.aft.org); Air Line Pilots (http://www.alpa.org); Fire
Fighters (http://www.iaff.org); Machinists (http://www.iamaw.org);
National Air Traffic Controllers Association (http://www.natca.org); and
Postal Workers (http://www.apwu.org).
* AFGE has partnered with the Federal Employee Education &
Assistance Fund to provide support and direct assistance to hurricane
victims. Go to http://www.afge.org for more information or to
http://www.feea.org to donate.
* The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the
Screen Actors are asking members to contribute to the Actors' Fund of
America or the Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund. Go to
http://www.aftra.org or http://www.sag.org for more information.
* Go to http://www.aflcio.org/hurricane for information on other
organizations that also are accepting donations for hurricane relief.
Check that site regularly for updates.
* IAFF President Harold Schaitberger traveled to the disaster area
Sept. 1 to help coordinate the union's relief effort at the IAFF Command
Response Center. Several IAFF locals from around the country sent
members for immediate rescue and recovery operations as part of urban
search-and-rescue teams. In addition, many of the local firefighters and
paramedics working around the clock in the disaster areas are IAFF
members.
* NATCA is planning to organize caravans of relief supplies,
including food, water, baby wipes, bug spray, generators and other
critically needed supplies.


And all of it combined doesn't add up to the $23 million in cash that
Wal-Mart has donated...plus all of the other things that they've given to
the relief effort.


D'oh. The AFL is a trade association of labor unions, not the world's
largest retailer, with unlimited resources.

They sure seem to have unlimited resources for campaign contributions come
election time.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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NOYB wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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John Gaquin wrote:
Waddya know?!?! That heartless, ruthless, cut-throat,
capitalistic, slimy, sleazy, underhanded, abusive, lying, cheating
oppressor of defenseless working-class Americans - Wal-Mart - has
donated $23 Million to Katrina relief. [Actually $15M from WalMart
and $8M from the Walton Family Trust.] That's more than most
nations of the world have pledged. WalMart has also stated that any
WalMart employee displaced by the storm is guaranteed a job at the
nearest WalMart to their resettlement point.
If they each work three wal-mart jobs, they might make enough to
rent an apartment and buy health insurance.
How much did the AFL-CIO donate?


I don't work for the AFL-CIO, but the labor movement has always been
on the front lines in responding to these situations. As of the middle
of last week, the following had been publicized by the AFL and some of
its member unions:

* The AFL-CIO has created a special Hurricane Relief Fund as part
of the Union Community Fund. Go to http://www.aflcio.org/hurricane to
make a tax-deductible contribution and be part of the largest relief
effort in the nation's history.
* Delegates to the CWA convention in Chicago voted to send up to
$4 million in hurricane relief aid to help CWA families in the area.
* Several unions have established hurricane relief funds to aid
their members' recovery. Visit their websites for more information:
AFT (http://www.aft.org); Air Line Pilots (http://www.alpa.org); Fire
Fighters (http://www.iaff.org); Machinists (http://www.iamaw.org);
National Air Traffic Controllers Association (http://www.natca.org);
and Postal Workers (http://www.apwu.org).
* AFGE has partnered with the Federal Employee Education &
Assistance Fund to provide support and direct assistance to hurricane
victims. Go to http://www.afge.org for more information or to
http://www.feea.org to donate.
* The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the
Screen Actors are asking members to contribute to the Actors' Fund of
America or the Motion Picture Players Welfare Fund. Go to
http://www.aftra.org or http://www.sag.org for more information.
* Go to http://www.aflcio.org/hurricane for information on other
organizations that also are accepting donations for hurricane relief.
Check that site regularly for updates.
* IAFF President Harold Schaitberger traveled to the disaster area
Sept. 1 to help coordinate the union's relief effort at the IAFF
Command Response Center. Several IAFF locals from around the country
sent members for immediate rescue and recovery operations as part of
urban search-and-rescue teams. In addition, many of the local
firefighters and paramedics working around the clock in the disaster
areas are IAFF members.
* NATCA is planning to organize caravans of relief supplies,
including food, water, baby wipes, bug spray, generators and other
critically needed supplies.

And all of it combined doesn't add up to the $23 million in cash that
Wal-Mart has donated...plus all of the other things that they've given
to the relief effort.

D'oh. The AFL is a trade association of labor unions, not the world's \
largest retailer, with unlimited resources.

They sure seem to have unlimited resources for campaign contributions
come election time.







Nope. Compared to the cons, just a pittance.

Yes. Their Katrina donations compared to their election campaign donations
*are* a pittance.


If you compare campaign contributions vs. Katrina donations, you'll find the
AFL-CIO ratio to be a lot higher than the Wal-Mart ratio.

Wal-Mart - has donated $23 Million to Katrina relief. [Actually $15M
from WalMart and $8M from the Walton Family Trust.]
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I know thats a heck of a lot of money, especially to the common
working, or not so working stiff, but actually it's not pennies to what
the Walton family is turely worth with allt heir endevours. We're
talking about a multi-BILLION dollar corp. here

I would hope to be wrong, but this actually looks to me like Walmart is
buying publicity at a minimum price.
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That's more than most nations of the world have
pledged. ..."


Yeah, but they pledged Sri Lanka is a thirld world country that doesn't
ahve two nickels to rub together,a nd they donated $25,000. I wonder
how much Iran, and N. Korea will kick in????