CSA Emergency Assistance Fund Drained

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)The cupboard is empty. The need for help for area workers is higher than ever but the Community Services Agency’s Emergency Assistance Fund has been drained, reports CSA Executive Director Kathleen McKirchy. “No contribution is too large or too small,” says McKirchy, “but all are tax-deductible!” Among those in need of help are members of Teamsters Local 639 “who have been out on strike for over 15 months against Daycon, which refuses to negotiate and return the strikers to work despite being ordered to do so by the NLRB,” McKirchy adds. Make checks -- earmarked to the Emergency Assistance Fund -- payable to the Community Services Agency and mail to 888 16th Street NW, Suite 520, DC 20006.  “Labor Cares, Labor Shares,” says McKirchy, “Thank you!”
photo: Daycon strikers & supporters in May 2010; photo by Chris Garlock