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Georgetown Coalition for Workers’ Rights Raises Concerns

Georgetown Coalition for Workers’ Rights Raises Concerns

By Ranee Brady March 26, 2023

Georgetown staff members discussed on March 1 upcoming contract negotiations and changes to working conditions since the COVID-19 pandemic at a Georgetown Coalition for Workers’ Rights (GCWR) panel...

Workers Raise Concerns at GU Coalition for Workers Solidarity Events

By Aiden Ehrenreich October 28, 2022

The Georgetown University Coalition for Workers’ Rights organized two events with facilities workers and dining hall workers to create a space for students and workers to openly discuss workers’ concerns...

Students Report Facilities Issues, Slow Response from University Maintenance

Students Report Facilities Issues, Slow Response from University Maintenance

By Liana Hardy September 29, 2022

Two weeks after Kat DeMaret (SFS ’24) moved into her Village A apartment, she noticed water steadily leaking from the ceiling. She called facilities and immediately set up buckets to collect the water. On...

Facilities Workers Reject Proposed Contract

By Christian Paz November 18, 2016

Georgetown facilities workers rejected the university’s proposal to increase annual wages by 2 percent Wednesday, opening up the possibility of a general strike. In a two-part vote conducted Monday...

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Members of the Georgetown Solidarity Committee, campus facilities workers and students marched from Red Square to President DeGioia’s office to deliver a petition on workers’ rights yesterday

GSC Presents Petition to DeGioia

By Marina Pitofsky October 25, 2016

More than 50 students from the Georgetown Solidarity Committee and campus facilities workers delivered a petition to University President John J. DeGioia’s office yesterday demanding better work...

GULC Public Safety Officers Intervene in GSC Demonstration

By Simon Carroll October 21, 2016

Eight members of the workers’ advocacy group Georgetown Solidarity Committee were removed from the Georgetown University Law Center by Georgetown Law Department of Public Safety officers Oct. 14 during...

EDITORIAL: Example in Exemplified Service

By Editorial Board October 18, 2016

Last week, Unsung Heroes, a student initiative dedicated to raising awareness and support for workers on campus, received national media attention for its fundraising efforts to purchase plane tickets...

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The Georgetown Solidarity Committee rallied in 2015 to support Aramark employees during contract negotiations with Aramark management.

GSC Demands Workers’ Rights

By Adam Shlomi October 7, 2016

As the union representing facilities workers continues contract negotiations with the university, student advocacy group Georgetown Solidarity Committee has accumulated more than 400 signatures from...

GSC Rallies for Facilities Workers’ Rights

By Molly Cooke September 23, 2016

Georgetown Solidarity Committee members led a demonstration by around 25 students outside McShain Lounge in McCarthy Hall where contract negotiations between facilities workers and the university took...

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Facilities workers tasked with shoveling snow and other services had to stay on campus overnight last weekend.

Facilities Workers Housed Overnight

By Owen Eagan January 26, 2016

As Winter Storm Jonas blanketed the District of Columbia with approximately 2 feet of snow, around 200 employees from Georgetown’s Planning and Facilities Management slept on campus to keep the university...

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