Solidarity in Service: AFL-CIO President and LA Labor Leaders Meet with and Distribute Resources to LA Wildfire Victims

In the aftermath of the devastating LA County wildfires, Labor Community Services (LCS) and the LA Fed have been working to get resources and aid distributed to affected union members as quickly as possible. 

Around 1,000 union members lost their homes, and many more were directly impacted by the fires in other ways. 

On the eve of the Screen Actors Guild Awards, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler joined LA Fed President Yvonne Wheeler and local union leaders at the LCS warehouse to distribute resources. 

In addition to food boxes, members were provided with air purifiers, food vouchers, toiletries, feminine hygiene products, and baby products. 

A few union members shared their harrowing experiences, from evacuating to stunning losses suffered by the wildfires. They reflected on the deep solidarity shown to wildfire victims by the LA labor movement. 

Like Jean, a retired Letter Carrier and member of the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 34, who suffered the loss of her Atladena home due to the Eaton Fire. 

“I’m a mail carrier, retired, my house burnt to the ground with everything inside of it. I have a chimney and a mailbox, and that is all that survived.” 

Since the fires, the LA Fed and Labor Community Services have raised over two million dollars for the LA County wildfire relief efforts. 

Below is information on donating to the LCS LA Fire Relief Fund, as well as, receiving assistance from LCS.