The AFL-CIO’s Union Plus program has committed to donate $100,000 to the Solidarity Center’s Earthquake Relief for Haitian Workers Fund through a dollar-for-dollar match.

	The Solidarity Center's Cathy Feingold helps load supplies into a truck bound for Port-au-Prince.

Union Plus provides consumer benefits to members and retirees of participating unions. As a commitment to help union members in Haiti, Union Plus has offered to match individual donations to our Earthquake Relief for Haitian Workers Fund dollar-for-dollar, made for any amount, either by credit card or by check. Donors need not be Union Plus members. The offer will stand until we reach $100,000 in donations.

“We are so appreciative of this incredibly generous gesture,” said Solidarity Center Interim Executive Director Nancy Mills. “This will enable us to provide twice as much aid to Haitian workers.”

Donations are already being put to use in the ravaged capital. Delegations from Dominican unions have traveled to Port-au-Prince with truckloads of bottled water, non-perishable food, first aid products, re-hydration liquids, and other needed supplies. Many union halls withstood the quake and are now being used as distribution centers, shelters, and clinics for hundreds of workers and their families.

Unions can place a button on their websites and link it to information about the Solidarity Center’s Haiti relief campaign (http://www.solidaritycenter.org/haitirelief). Copy and paste the button code below:
 

The button will look like this:
 

Haitian workers need your help! Please donate now to the Solidarity Center’s Earthquake Relief for Haitian Workers campaign.

If you prefer, you may donate by check. Please make your check payable to:

Solidarity Center Education Fund

Send to:

Solidarity Center Education Fund
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 Solidarity Center Education Fund is a tax-exempt charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.