The Georgetown Living Wage Coalition held another rally yesterday, calling on Georgetown University to immediately implement a campus living wage policy. The photo is from a rally in February we mentioned. The rally drew over 50 people, notably several off-duty workers from P&R Enterprises (a subcontractor for custodial services on-campus) and Vice President for Student Affairs Todd Olson. Other speakers included Jos Williams, president of the Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO, and Georgetown theology professor Rev. Raymond Kemp.

Today, the Georgetown Voice published a lengthy cover story about four Georgetown University workers employed by P&R Enterprises. DCist was saddened to read the comments of Azucena, who left her family behind in El Salvador to find work only to find “some [Georgetown] students who just let the door slam in your face.” “The Georgetown workers have a good job,” says P&R employee Elena Carranza. “We [P&R workers] get paid too little.” Even with the difficult and long hours they pull, the workers are not ashamed of what they do, and are strongly in support of a living wage.

The Living Wage Coalition has been pushing for the establishment of a living wage for University-employed workers since its formation in 2003. The coalition has faculty and staff support: during an incursion into a Board of Directors meeting last month, the board was “surprisingly receptive,” according to coalition spokesman Jack Mahoney.