Bob
Younger, Secretary-Treasurer, Mike Butler, Business Agent, and Kelvin
Holly, Trustee, with Teamsters Local 492, along with Joint Council 3
and volunteers from Teamsters Unions 542 and 63 from San Diego,
California, caravaned to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Tuesday, September
6, 2005. Approximately 100,000 pounds of water, food, and clothing was
transported to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
After delivering help to Louisiana, the New Mexico delegation returned
home via Houston, TX, where they witnessed first-hand the plight of the
evacuees.............milling in front of the Astrodome with nothing to
do, carrying all their personal belongings in paper sacks and shopping
baskets.
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