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Thursday, April 29, 2004
Victory for the GWU 11
Last week, George Washington University effectively dropped charges against 11 students arrested on March 29 as they demonstrated for a workers' rights code of conduct on campus. After the students' arrests, more than 1,000 community members, alumni and labor activists e-mailed and faxed GWU President Trachtenberg to demand that GWU drop the charges. The night before their trial, HERE Local 27 and students confronted Trachtenberg at an alumni event and demanded that he drop the charges and meet the students' demands.
When representatives of GWU failed to appear at the arraignment in DC Court, the charges were effectively dropped. But the struggle has not ended. GWU still has not agreed to a "Labor Code of Conduct" or to join the Workers' Rights Consortium, which were the students' original demands. The students have vowed to continue their fight for workers rights at GWU, and they thank all of those who have supported their struggle.
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