{"id":1478,"date":"2022-05-04T10:35:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2022-05-04T10:37:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:37:21","slug":"pef-relief-fund-collects-more-than-2600-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/volume-40-no-4\/pef-relief-fund-collects-more-than-2600-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"PEF Relief Fund collects more than $2,600 for Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1479\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1479\" style=\"width: 399px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1479\" src=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/UK-Feature.jpg\" alt=\"UK-Feature\" width=\"399\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/UK-Feature.jpg 640w, https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/UK-Feature-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PEF Division 196 (Roswell Park) also donated $1,000 to the Dnipro Ukrainian Culture Center in Buffalo. Treasurer Larry Tworek presented the check.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fifty members donated a total of $2,373 and Region 2 donated $250 to support workers and union members in Ukraine as they continue to face hardships resulting from Russia\u2019s ongoing attack on the country.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThe global labor movement coming to the aid of Ukraine highlights the importance of international solidarity,\u201d said PEF President Wayne Spence. \u201cPEF members rose to the challenge, raising money to provide aid to our brothers and sisters in Ukraine. We are stronger together.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Through the PEF Relief Fund, the union gathered donations and presented a lump sum to the Common Solidarity Fund, established by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The donations will be used to support workers and union members fleeing Ukraine with shelter, food, supplies, transport and more, as well as help refugees in neighboring countries.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cTo date over 1,000 individuals and organizations, including local trade unions around the world, have contributed to the ITUC public fundraising appeal for humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and to refugees in neighboring countries,\u201d said ITUC General Secretary Sharan Burrow in a letter to PEF, thanking the union for its donation.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifty members donated a total of $2,373 and Region 2 donated $250 to support workers and union members in Ukraine as they continue to face hardships resulting from Russia\u2019s ongoing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1479,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"division":[],"allowed_regions":[],"allowed_divisions":[],"class_list":["post-1478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","issue-volume-40-no-4"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - 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