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Friday, April 02, 2004
GWU Labor Unrest and Arrest Update
As reported earlier this week, DC police arrested 11 student activists Monday afternoon as they urged George Washington University to take a stand on workers' rights. The students were charged with unlawful entry and released Monday night. They have a trial date of April 21.
Rally with Sen. Ted Kennedy in support of workers' and students' rights at the George Washington University Yard (H Street between 20th and 21st) on Friday, April 2, at 4:30 p.m. Join in to demand that GWU adopt a code of conduct that guarantees the rights of all direct, contracted and subcontracted employees to affordable health care, a living wage and the freedom to organize a union. Call on the university to affiliate with the Worker Rights Consortium to help ensure that GWU apparel is not made in sweatshops. Demand that GWU drop all charges against the students and publicly apologize for the arrests.
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