Friends -

First, I hope you and your loved ones are safe and healthy.

This crisis is unprecedented, and it is taking a toll on working people all across this country. But we must stick together if we’re going to get through this. We need to keep social distancing — but not isolating. Pick up the phone and check-in on your friends and loved ones.

Now is the time for us to come together and make sure our most vulnerable are cared for — including many UNITE HERE workers. As hospitality workers, many of these workers have lost their jobs or had their hours cut as hotels, event spaces and airlines have taken a hit.

They need our support. That’s why UNITE HERE has set up a fund to help cover food, health care and lost wages for those who are struggling.

If you can afford to, I hope you will consider making a donation to the UNITE HERE Education and Support Fund to help our sisters and brothers who have been hit hard by this crisis.

Last week, a record 3.3 million Americans filed for unemployment. That is the highest number of claims ever recorded in a single week.

This is the impact COVID-19 is having on our country, and we know — because of the failures and delays of the Trump administration — that it is likely to get worse before it can get better.

I’m fighting tirelessly in the Senate to ensure that we help people as quickly as possible. The relief bill we passed this week was a good start, but we know it will not be enough.

If you are able to chip in today, you can help working families keep food on their tables and roofs over their heads.

If you can afford it, make a contribution to the UNITE HERE COVID-19 relief fund today.

Thank you for all you are doing in this crisis.

We’re all in this together, and it’s never been more important that we all look out for each other.

In solidarity,

Ed Markey

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