On Monday November 2, Georgetown became the most recent university to demand transparency and justice in their endowment and back HEI workers' demand for a card check neutrality agreement.
Students from the Georgetown Solidarity Committee, part of United Students Against Sweatshops, led a rally, march and delegation to their president. They were joined by two workers from the HEI Sheraton Crystal City - Ferdi Lazo, a fired union leader and maintenance engineer, and Santos Andrade, a union leader and cook. Ferdi and Santos spoke about about injustices in their hotel, including excessive workloads, layoffs, disrespect, low wages, and expensive health insurance plans. Afterwards, students and workers together presented a letter of demands to Georgetown's administration. The students want to know if Georgetown is invested - if the answer is yes, they call on the univesity to divest and if the answer is no, they call on the university to issue a statement that they will not invest in the future unless HEI agrees to a fair process for workers to decide whether or not to form a union without intimidation.
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