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“Georgetown, fix your priorities”: As Georgetown’s facilities workers ratify new contract, workers and organizers express disappointment

Georgetown’s facilities workers voted to approve a new contract with the university on March 10. The contract includes a 15% pay increase over the course of two years and a... Read more

By Sophia Jacome March 12, 2026

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Despite the negatives, D.C.’s restaurant industry needs Initiative 82

The newly passed Initiative 82 will help build a better restaurant industry, but it must tear the industry down to its foundations first.

By Shajaka Shelton November 19, 2022

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Initiative 82 on track to end the sub-minimum wage for D.C. tipped restaurant staff

After a long series of setbacks, restaurant workers rejoice as a new effort is slated to abolish an exception to D.C. minimum wage laws. Formally titled the District of Columbia... Read more

By Alec Weiker February 2, 2022

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“Georgetown, fix your priorities”: As Georgetown’s facilities workers ratify new contract, workers and organizers express disappointment

Despite the negatives, D.C.’s restaurant industry needs Initiative 82

Initiative 82 on track to end the sub-minimum wage for D.C. tipped restaurant staff