What We’re Doing Select typeArticleEventMedia HitMultimediaReportResolutionSpeechStatement Apply September 1, 2017 Press Release AFL-CIO Announces $5 Million in Cash Aid and $500 Million in Long-Term Investment to Help Communities Devastated by Hurricane Harvey AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler traveled to Houston to announce $5 million in cash aid and $500 million in long-term investment to help communities devastated by Hurricane Harvey.