TRAFFIC DISRUPTION CAMPAIGN BY “JUSTICE FOR JANITORS” HEARING BEFORE THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION OCTOBER 6, 1995 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight a U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 96-598 CC WASHINGTON : 1997 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office ‘Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-053970-6 2COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT WILLIAM F, CLINGER, Jr., Pennsylvania, Chairman BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York DAN BURTON, Indiana J. DENNIS HASTERT, Ilinois CONSTANCE A. MORELLA, Maryland CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut STEVEN SCHIFF, New Mexico ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida WILLIAM H. ZELIFF, Jk, New Hampshire JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York STEPHEN HORN, California JOHN L. MICA, Florida PETER BLUTE, Massachusetts ‘THOMAS M. DAVIS, Virginia DAVID M. McINTOSH, Indiana JON D. FOX, Pennsylvania RANDY TATE, Washington DICK CHRYSLER, Michigan GIL GUTKNECHT, Minnesota MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana WILLIAM J. MARTINI, New Jersey JOE SCARBOROUGH, Florida JOHN SHADEGG, Arizona MICHAEL PATRICK FLANAGAN, Illinois CHARLES F. BASS, New Hampshire STEVE C. LATOURETTE, Ohio MARSHALL “MARK” SANFORD, South Carolina ROBERT L. EHRLICH, Jr., Maryland CARDISS COLLINS, Mlinois HENRY A. WAXMAN, California TOM LANTOS, California ROBERT E. WISE, JR, West Virginia MAJOR R. OWENS, New York EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York JOHN M. SPRATT, Je., South Carolina LOUISE McINTOSH SLAUGHTER, New York PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania GARY A. CONDIT, California COLLIN C. PETERSON, Minnesota KAREN L. THURMAN, Florida CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York THOMAS M. BARRETT, Wisconsin GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS, Michigan ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, Washington, DC JAMES P. MORAN, Virginia GENE GREEN, Texas CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida CHAKA PATTAH, Pennsylvania BILL K. BREWSTER, Oklahoma ‘TIM HOLDEN, Pennsylvania BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont (Independent) dames L. Clarke, Staff Director Kevin SaB0, General Counsel SubITH McCoy, Chief Clerk Bup Myers, Minority Staff Director District OF COLUMBIA SUBCOMMITTEE THOMAS M. DAVIS, Virginia, Chairman GIL GUTKNECHT, Minnesota JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York STEVE C. LATOURETTE, Ohio MICHAEL PATRICK FLANAGAN, Illinois ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of Columbia BARBARA-ROSE COLLINS, Michigan EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York EX OFFICIO, WILLIAM F. CLINGER, Jr, Pennsylvania CARDISS COLLINS, Illinois Ron Hamm, Staff Director Howarp Denis, Counsel ELLEN Brown, Clerk Cepric HENDRICKS, Minority Professional Staff aCONTENTS Hearing held on October 6, 1995 ... Statement of: Garrett, Captain Donald P., Virginia, Department of State Police, 7th Division; Ronald W. general a BE Vetter, president, Hotel Association of the District of Columbia; Stove Eldridge, acting director, Metro Traffic Cont partment. Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by: eine Thomas M., a Representative in Congress From the State Letter from Jay Hessey, executive director, Local 82, Service Employ- ees International Union, dated October 5, 1995 Briefing Memo for Justice for Janitors Heating ney, inspector, District of ‘Golambia ‘Metropolitan Police De- Newspa "Faeftors Union Expands Its Campaign; Rally for Office Crews ‘Mushrooms Into Highly Visible Crusade Against D.C Cuts, March 13, 1995, Washington Post by Pamela Constable .. Roosevelt velt Bridge ‘Blocked in Protest of D. att ‘Justice for Janitors Brings standstill, September Taking, I to the Strcts: "haskee for Jantiors Gases a Diss: it Are They Heroes or Hooligans?, April 14, 1995, Wash- ington Post by Mary Ann French 150 Arrested in Downtown D.C. Protest; 650 Union Aci Su Block Commuter Trafic for nd Day. Manch 28; Eo Washington Post — Wendy Melillo am