GTown Living Wage Coalition Takes The Cake

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

The Living Wage Coalition threw a birthday party last Wednesday to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Georgetown University's Just Employment Policy, and is planning a major rally for next week. "We wanted to remind the administration we have not forgotten promises they made a year ago," after a successful hunger strike by students, said Coalition member Sarah Heydemann. After the Georgetown administration missed the 3/14 deadline to recognize card check, members of the Living Wage Coalition tried to take their party hats, birthday cake and megaphone to President DeGioia but found the building had been put under lockdown by the administration. Unable to get to the President's office, students chanted outside and held a large banner reading, "Card Check is Sexy" advocating that Georgetown recognize card check for its subcontracted workers. A representative from the President's Office came down to speak with students and eventually accepted the cake on the President's behalf. Frosting atop the cake read: "One year later and still starving." Students are calling upon members of the labor, religious and political communities in DC to join them on Friday, March 31 for a rally to either celebrate Georgetown as a leader in workers' rights or to continue the fight.   This week, various members of the DC community will deliver letters to President DeGioia in support of the University adopting a card check policy.  Visit www.georgetownsolidarity.org for updates. 

Photo By Megan Murphy