Here's How You Can Assist Haitians

The AFL-CIO is calling for the United States and the entire international community, including the global union movement, to “do our utmost to aid our Haitian sisters and brothers in their moment of extraordinary need.”  Unions are mobilizing their members to provide aid in Haiti and through donations.

Here's how you can assist Haitians. We recommend the following organizations for donating to Haiti.

• The AFL-CIO Solidarity Center’s Earthquake Relief for Haitian Workers’ Campaign. Click here to make a donation and here to learn more about how the center is working to help Haitian workers.  You can also send a check to: Solidarity Center Education Fund, 888 16th Street, N.W., Suite 400, Washington, DC 20006
  
  
• Maximize the power of your contribution by visiting UnionPlus.org/Haiti and Union Plus will automatically double your contribution to the Solidarity Center. That means your $10 becomes $20, your $25 becomes $50 and your $100 becomes $200. Donations can be made at UnionPlus.org/Haiti or by sending a check to:
  
  Solidarity Center Education Fund
  Attn: Joan Welsh, 888 16th Street,
  N.W., Suite 400, Washington, DC, 20006
  
  Please designate "Earthquake Relief for Haitian Workers" in the memo line of the check.
  
  
• The Transport Workers Union has formed a disaster relief task force to enable the union to act immediately to help Haiti and stay for the long run. You can send donations to: TWU of America, 5705 NW 38 St., Miami Springs, FL 33166.
  
  
• The Air Traffic Controllers (NACTA) is working with the Dominican Air Traffic Controllers Association (ADCA) to get supplies to Haitian controllers and their families. Members can send donations to the NACTA relief fund via Pay Pal, https://www.paypal.com and include this e-mail address when making your donation: natcarelief@nactadc.org. Or you can send a check payable to "NACTA relief" to: NACTA Relief, 1325 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20005.
  

   

• Partners in Health: or send your contribution to Partners In Health, P.O. Box 845578, Boston, MA 02284-5578. Partnes in Health, which had staff on the ground in Haiti before the earthquate,  provides daily updates on its assistance efforts.
  
  
• Doctors Without Borders: or call toll free at 1-888-392-0392. USA Headquarters 333 7th Ave., 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001-5004. Doctors Without Borders is a well-respected and highly effective  humanitarian organization working in more than 60 countries to assist people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe.
  
  
• American Red Cross International Response Fund: or call toll free at 1-800-REDCROSS or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish). Contributions also can be mailed to American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, DC 20013 or to your local American Red Cross chapter (specify if you want to make sure your donation will benefit Haiti).
  
  
• United Way Worldwide Disaster Fund: or mail checks with the fund reference to United Way Worldwide, P.O. Box 630568, Baltimore, MD 21263-0568.

Volunteer

• If you or someone you know is a registered nurse, the National Nurses Union is coordinating volunteers to go to Haiti. Contact the RN Response Network: www.NationalNursesUnited.org. 
• Those interested in providing volunteer assistance should contact the Center for International Disaster Information, at http://www.cidi.org.
  
  

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