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Remembering Our Brothers and Sisters
Hundreds of union members were injured, killed or are still
unaccounted for as a result of the September 11 tragedies.
We honor and remember them. They will not be forgotten.
As of this writing:
- More than 300 Firefighters (IAFF) and
85 Police Officers who went to help with rescue efforts
at the World Trade Center may have been killed when the
towers collapsed.
- Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees
(HERE) Local 100 had 47 members working at the Windows
on the World restaurant in the first tower who are unaccounted
for.
- The International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers (IBEW) reports 16 members missing in New
York.
- The New York City District Council of Carpenters
says hundreds of members were working at the World
Trade Center. Fifteen members are unaccounted for.
- The International Union of
Operating Engineers (IUOE) has lost two members of IUOE
Local 2, and six are still missing. Locals 30 and 94
had 30 members on the job and are trying to track them
down.
- The Painters and Allied Trades Union announced
two members are dead and three missing at the World
Trade Center.
- The New York City Building and Construction
Trades Council reports that other Building Trades
members working in the World Trade Center have not been accounted
for.
- Communications Workers of America (CWA) may
have lost as many as 214 members between the attacks
on New York, the Pentagon, and the airliners that crashed.
- Service Employees
International Union (SEIU) Local 32BJ had roughly 350
members working in the World Trade Center at the time of
the attack. As of this writing, 62 remain missing.
- American
Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
reports that 45 emergency services workers are missing.
More than 40 members of its affiliate, the Civil Service
Employees Association, are also missing.
- The American
Federation of Teachers (AFT) lost three District of Columbia
teachers on the flight that crashed into the Pentagon.
- The
Public Employees Federation (PEF), a joint organization
of the AFT and the SEIU, had 300 members employed in
the World Trade Center—more than 50 members
are unaccounted for.
- Twenty-five flight
attendants, members of Association of Flight Attendants
(AFA) and the American Airlines flight attendants’ union,
and 8 pilots, members of the Airline Pilots Association
(ALPA) and the American Airlines pilots’ union
were killed.
- The Office & Professional
Employees International Union (OPEIU)
reports 16 members at the World Trade
Center
missing.
The
International Union has donated $50,000
to the Building Trades Family Relief Fund,
and the AFL-CIO Union Community Sept. 11
Relief Fund, and encourages every member
to do what they can on an individual basis
to help. The following is a list of some
of the funds that have been established
to aid the injured and families of victims
of the tragedy:
- AFL-CIO Union Community
Fund—make
checks payable to the Union Community
Fund and designate the “Sept.
11 Relief Fund.” Mail donations
to Union Community Fund, 815 16th
St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.
Donations also may be made online
at www.unioncommunityfund.org.
- Building
Trades Families Relief Fund—c/o
BCTD, AFL-CIO, 815 16th Street, N.W.,
Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20006.
- NY Firefighter’s 9-11 Disaster
Relief Fund—Contact: Fire
Donations—Address:
1127 Broadway Suite 102; Tacoma,
WA 98402; Phone: 877-863-4783;
Second Phone: 253-274-0432; Fax:
253-274-0309; Email: dshaw@firedonations.com
- New
York City Central Labor Council
Disaster Fund: Mail checks to NYC
Central Labor Council Disaster
Fund, 386 Park Ave. South, New
York, NY 10016. Call 212-685-9552
for more information. www.nycclc.org
- Washington, D.C., and Northern Virginia
Disaster Fund: Mail checks to the fund
at 1925 K Street, N.W., Suite 410,
Washington, DC 20006. In D.C., make checks
payable to the Community Services Agency.
Call 202-857-0480 for more information.
- Give blood. To find out how to donate
blood in your community, please call
the Red Cross at 1-800-GIVE-LIFE.
- Salvation
Army—call 1-800-SAL-ARMY.
- AFGE’s
World Trade Center/Pentagon Fund:
Make checks payable and send to FEEEA
World Trade Center/Pentagon Fund, 8441
W. Bowles Ave., Suite 200, Littleton,
Colo. 80123-9501. Call 303-933-7580
for further information.
- AFSCME September
11 Fund—Make
contributions payable
to the fund at 1625 L St., N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20036-5687.
- AFT Recovery Fund—Send
contributions payable
to the fund to 555 New Jersey Ave.,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001.
- Air
Line Pilots—Make checks
payable to the United
Pilots 911 Fund, 75 Remittance
Drive, Suite 3140, Chicago, IL
60675-3140.
- CWA Disaster Relief
Fund—Make
contributions payable
to the fund and mail to CWA Disaster
Relief Fund, c/o Janine Brown,
CWA, 501 Third St., N.W. Washington,
D.C. 20001.
- Flight Attendants—Send
contributions payable
to the Flight Attendant Disaster
Relief Fund, 1275 K Street, N.W.
Fifth Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005.
- Hotel
Employees & Restaurant
Employees New York Assistance
Fund—Make
contributions payable
to the fund and mail to HEREIU,
1219 28th St., N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20007.
- IAM 911 Disaster Relief
Fund—Send
contributions
made payable to the fund to the IAM
Community Services Department,
9000 Machinist Place, Upper Marlboro,
MD 20772-2687.
For more information, visit www.goiam.org.
- Patrolmens’ Beneficial
Association Widows and Childrens
Fund—Send
contributions
to the fund at 40 Fulton St., 17th
Floor, New York, NY 10038.
- SEIU
Sept. 11th Relief Fund: Send
contributions to the SEIU at 1313 L St.,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005. Donations
also may be made online at secure-net.com/seiu/index.cfm.
Visit www.seiu.org for further
information.
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