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DERM workers in solidarity with the people of Haiti

QPSU members support the Haiti function in DERMIn response to the devastating earthquake in the Caribbean nation of Haiti, workers in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources organised morning teas in a variety of locations, raising over $4000 to support the work of Union Aid Abroad: APHEDA, the Australian union movement’s aid agency.

QPSU delegate Lachlan Hurse, who helped organise the morning tea in George Street Brisbane, said that he was very moved by the generosity of DERM employees who supported the fundraising appeal.

“As union members we are firmly in support of social justice, and it’s great to see that through APHEDA we will be able to help Haiti recover from this catastrophe”, Lachlan said.

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Posted 30/01/2010 by Alex Scott

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