March 3, 2006

Lawmakers Intervene in Labor Dispute

By PAULA WASLEY

In an unusual instance of lawmakers' attempting to intervene in a private university's labor dispute, 20 Democrats in Congress have signed a letter to the president of Georgetown University, urging him to recognize a request for union representation by subcontracted janitorial workers.

"We are concerned that the rights of workers to choose to be represented by a union might not be fully recognized by a contractor with your prestigious university," says the letter, which was drafted by

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