AJC Coverage: Labor of Love in Fairburn, GA

From the AJC

https://www.ajc.com/news/local/may-have-already-reached-peak-coronavirus-deaths-model-suggests/NX9bJHiAihAajPduLRXQcP/?fbclid=IwAR1C5YbnWYxwDaQUE5Lib4-7mbafjgBnk4KHwmBBB5YMDyfuoBmGG9_oGQk

"At the Fairburn drive, about 300 union families received produce, meat and other essentials from the Atlanta-North Georgia Labor Council, which represents about 60,000 employees in unions across 18 metro Atlanta counties."

“We wanted to do anything we could to stand behind those workers and say, ‘We are here for you,’” said Sandra Williams, the executive director of the council. She called the food drive a “labor of love.”

Williams estimated that 60% of the group’s members have been laid off because of the virus. Many, she said, have not yet received unemployment benefits. Statewide, the Georgia Department of Labor has processed about 861,000 claims for jobless benefits – more than one-sixth of the state’s work force – in the four weeks through April 11.

“We try to be there in good times and in bad,” Williams said, “and right now, this pandemic has certainly presented a crisis.”