[IMC-US] PROPOSAL: Day Eight of Georgetown Hunger Strike For aLiving Wage

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bht and all -

i saw let's go for it!  yea for people resisting!
 - betsy :)

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Subject: [IMC-US] PROPOSAL: Day Eight of Georgetown Hunger Strike For aLiving Wage
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 09:42:47 -0800

> hi, i just got off the phone with someone in dc, and put together this 
> feature...would like to post it sooner rather than later, since it is 
> going on today :-)  if youhave more or it needs more, feel free. 
> bht
> portland imc volunteer
> ps.  to us imc folks, this is a proposal for global imc.  i am cc-ing 
> the us imc list in case folks have additions.  for us imc, we should 
> probably use one of the dc features.
> 
> TITLE:  Day Eight of Georgetown Hunger Strike For a Living Wage
> SUB:  <a href="http://us.indymedia.org">US</a>:  <a 
> href="http://dc.indymedia.org">Washington DC</a>
> IMAGE:  one of these:  http://www.davidswanson.org/photos/gtown/index.htm
> 
> In <a href="http://dc.indymedia.org">Washington D.C.</a> twenty-two 
> college students from Georgetown University have gone on a hunger strike 
> to demand <a 
> href="http://www.dcist.com/archives/2005/03/15/georgetown_living_wage_activists_launch_hunger_strike.php">a 
> living wage for all workers</a>.  The hunger strike has carried on into 
> its eighth day today and enjoys support from the <a 
> href="http://www.aflcio.org/mediacenter/prsptm/pr03172005a.cfm">AFL-CIO</a>, 
> they are also getting support from students around the <a 
> href="http://us.indymedia.org">nation</a> including the Georgetown 
> University Social Democrats who are fasting for 24 hours in solidarity 
> with hunger strikers; and students of Swarthmore College who will engage 
> in a 48-hour solidarity fast.
> <p>
> The AFL-CIO boldy stated, "We stand firmly in support of these brave 
> Georgetown student hunger strikers who inspire all of us in the fight to 
> create good jobs that lift working people from poverty."  Currently, 
> subcontracted workers at Georgetown are paid a minimum of $8.50 per 
> hour, and unionized workers are paid $12.00 per hour.  The hunger 
> striking students are demanding, on behalf of the workers, a living wage 
> of $14.93 per hour in total compensation, including any benefits.  These 
> rates of pay do not approach a tenth of the wage that the Georgetown 
> President receives.  
> <p>
> In the eight days that the hunger strike has been happening, the <a 
> href="http://www.davidswanson.org/photos/gtown/pages/three_jpg.htm">strikers</a> 
> have collectively lost 223 pounds from their bodies. 
> <p>
> <b>more information:</b>  <a 
> href="http://studentorgs.georgetown.edu/solidarity/lw/">Georgetown 
> Living Wage Coalition</a>  I  <a 
> href="http://www.davidswanson.org/photos/gtown/">Photos</a>  I  <a 
> href="http://dc.indymedia.org/feature/display/119727/index.php"> Hunger 
> Striking at Georgetown: What Workers and Students Say</a>  I  <a 
> href="http://dc.indymedia.org/feature/display/119645/index.php"> 
> Georgetown Living Wage Hunger Strike - Day 4</a>  I  <a 
> href="http://dc.indymedia.org/">DC IMC</a>
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