On the Line
On the Line Washington, D.C. Students at Georgetown University held a nine-day hunger strike to push the university to give campus workers a living wage. Twenty-two students participated in the...
...lawmakers plan to vote on CAFTA this spring...
...For more information, contact the Georgetown Living Wage Coalition at georgetownlivingwage@ yahoo.com...
...Iraq War Anniversary World Water Day In 1992, the United Nations General Assembly designated March 22 of each year as the World Day for Water...
...The fast food company agreed to the farmworkers' demands for better pay and improved working conditions...
...The university pledged annual wage adjustments, an increase of the minimum hourly wage to $13, and a recognition of the right of campus workers to organize...
...For more information, contact the Coalition of Immokalee Workers at www.ciw-online.org...
...Critics say CAFTA will assault workers' rights, undermine the agricultural sectors, and gut state regulations...
...At least two Guatemalans were killed in clashes with police...
...This year, the U.N...
...Twenty-two students participated in the fast, which ended in victory on March 24...
...Immokalee Workers Triumph Louisville, Kentucky The Coalition of Immokalee Workers celebrated success in their fight against Taco Bell in early March...
...In India, Greenpeace activists used the occasion to demonstrate against water privatization...
...Taco Bell promised to increase the amount it pays for tomatoes by a penny per pound, with the increase going directly to workers' wages...
...For more information, go to www.worldwaterday.org or www.greenpeace.org/india_en...
...In Guatemala, protesters blocked highways and held rallies in the capital city...
...People throughout Central America oppose a regional free trade pact with the United States, known as the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA...
...launched the international Water for Life Decade to spur efforts to give more people access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation...
...For more information, contact the Stop CAFTA Coalition at www.stopcafta...
...In response, the workers agreed to call off a boycott of the company that had gone on for four years...
Vol. 69 • May 2005 • No. 5
