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Stadium Authority Issues Permit for Living Wages Hunger Strike
September 1, 2007
MARYLAND STADIUM AUTHORITY ISSUES PERMIT FOR LIVING
WAGES HUNGER STRIKE
For immediate
release
The Maryland Stadium
Authority (MSA) issued a permit today for the United Workers
hunger strike vigil scheduled to start on September 3, 2007.
The permit provides clear parameters to help ensure that undue
disruption is avoided while the free speech rights of cleaners
are respected.
"We consider
it a promising sign that the Maryland Stadium Authority has
kept to their word and issued this permit," said United
Workers communications organizer Greg Rosenthal. "With
the permit in place, we can now be sure that our activities
will result in the voices of cleaners getting heard while
also making sure that our protests are conducted in a peaceful
and safe manner."
The Living Wages
Hunger Strike is scheduled to start September 3, 2007 following
the Labor Day Prayer Breakfast at Light Street Presbyterian
Church at 809 Light Street. Immediately following the prayer
breakfast hunger strikers and allies will silently march to
Camden Yards (gate F - Camden and Russel Streets) to begin
the hunger strike vigil. The hunger strike will continue until
a living wage has been secured at MSA sports facilities.
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