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20,000 Union Members Respond to Call for Day of Community Service

by James Parks, Jan 16, 2009

Responding to President-elect Barack Obama’s call to pay tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. by giving back to their communities, more than 20,000 AFL-CIO union volunteers in 41 cities will provide services to those in need this weekend and on Jan. 19—the official King holiday.

The projects range from giving out free meals to cleaning up blighted areas, distributing warm clothes and repairing dilapidated structures.

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