Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 10:08:07 -0400
From: Chuck0 <chuck-AT-tao.ca>
Subject: S26: Washington, DC: 400+ protest, 35 arrested


400 Turn Out in Washington, DC for S26 Solidarity Action
9-26-2000
by Chuck0

Around 400 people, most of them union members and activists who were
involved in last Spring's protests of the World Bank/IMF, braved the
early morning drizzle to rally in support of local parking lot
attendents who are trying to unionize. The boisterous picket stretched
an entire city block in downtown D.C., on L St. NW, between 19th and
20th.

At one point, around 35 activists ran into the street and sat down to
form a line of bodies that blocked the street. The police shut down L
St. during the height of rush hour traffic. The 35 were eventually
arrested and transported away. The action ended in a brief rally a short
time later.