"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.



I'm sure there is much more since the middle of last week. I know union
members everywhere are taking in union families who have been left
homeless. We have two such families living in a rental house I own in
Florida, and we might, I still don't know, be taking in a distant relative
who was left homeless in NO, though he also has some relatives in Georgia.

That's wonderful. But I didn't ask what *you* donated. It's really
nobody's business. The topic was about Wal-Mart.


What have you donated, Noybby? A toothbrush?


See reply above.