Help Forestry Families

$12,103 donated
Given by 154 generous donors in 11 weeks

Eleven forestry workers, dads, husbands, sons and brothers, were killed at work in the forestry industry in the last year alone. Many of th

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Please help their families come together on the eve of Workers Memorial Day, for a service to remember and honour their loved ones on April 27.

We are fundraising for the costs of travel and accommodation for the families for this important and significant occasion.

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Update for 24/04/2014  24 April 2014

Thank you for all your wonderfully generous donations. We have raised enough money to bring 11 families to Wellington. Thank you so much for your help. If you'd like to find out more about this campaign check out www.workersmemorialfund.org.nz and come ""like"" us if you are on facebook www.facebook.com/fairness.at.work

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Latest donations

Tertiary Education Auckland University Branch
Tertiary Education Auckland University Branch on 26 Apr 2014
$500
Caroline Thomson
Caroline Thomson on 11 Apr 2014
Having seen how hard these people work and the dangerous conditions (as well as hot or wet and windy) they work in as well as finding out the very low wages they get - makes me think that this area of the workforce definitely needs some attention and help.
$50
TEU Univertsity of Otago Branch
TEU Univertsity of Otago Branch on 10 Apr 2014
$500
AUT Branch TEU
AUT Branch TEU on 10 Apr 2014
All the best from your fellow unionists at AUT
$500
Members of Labour Party Tauranga
Members of Labour Party Tauranga on 08 Apr 2014
We are proud to have fundraised for the families of forestry workers. Tauranga Labour will be thinking of you on Workers Memorial Day.
$464

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