News Update!
Friday, March 18, 2005(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
DAY 4 IN G’TOWN HUNGER STRIKE: “Spiritually I feel
stronger than ever, because I feel that we are winning," Georgetown University
hunger striker Pedro Cruz told reporter David Swanson as the hunger strike by 26
Georgetown University students enters the 4th day today...
RETIRING SARBANES TO ATTEND LABOR DINNER: Longtime
friend of labor Senator Paul Sarbanes (D, MD) heads up the list of local
political leaders who are attending tomorrow’s 28th annual Evening with
Labor...
ACT FAST OR DIE: "You must act quickly. If you
hesitate, you die," Ray Abernathy said this morning at the Council's Organizing
Roundtable on "Handling Decerts & Raids." "This is hand-to-hand combat; if
someone throws a bucket of mud, you sling back manure."
MD HOME
CARE PROVIDERS SEEK 1ST RAISE IN 19 YEARS: Home care providers in
Maryland, who make less than minimum wage, have not received a raise in 19 years
and are lobbying Governor Ehrlich to put more money in the state budget for
providers' raises. Take action now to support them...