[Muanet] Hunger strike wins better deal for casual staff

[Dion Giles]

Interesting story at 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62829-2005Mar24.html on how 
Georgetown University students went on a hunger strike lasting more than a 
week and won a better deal for university employees on hourly wages.

Jamin B. Raskin, chairman of the Maryland State Higher Education Labor 
Relations Board, predicted nationwide struggle in the wake of the 
Georgetown action. "We're living in an era where a lot of universities are 
acting just like corporations," Raskin said, "and students are insisting 
the universities stay true to their intellectual and moral heritage."

[If the link doesn't work, try 
http://www.truthout.org/issues_05/032505LA.shtml ]

Dion Giles