Local Updates
Friday, April 26, 2013
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Local Updates: Religious Leaders Announce
Support for DC Patient Protection Act; Sheet
Metal 100 Smells a Rat at Balfour Beatty and
Hess; MontCo GovOps Committee OKs MCGEO
Contract
Religious Leaders Announce
Support for DC Patient Protection Act:
Forty-three religious leaders of Washington,
DC’s many faith groups announced their
support Thursday for the Patient Protection
Act, which would set specific limits on the
number of patients for which registered nurses
can safely provide care. “We have a special
place in our hearts for those who heal the sick
and comfort the afflicted, as they are doing
the Lord’s work here on earth,” the leaders
said. “Unfortunately, DC’s hospitals are
falling short on the quality of the care they
provide and on patient satisfaction, so
government must step forward to ensure that the
public’s health is a priority and there are a
sufficient number of skilled, registered nurses
taking care of the sick at the bedside.
Mandating minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in
the hospitals will help ensure that patients
get the safe care that they deserve." -
photo courtesy NNU
Sheet Metal 100 Smells a Rat
at Balfour Beatty and Hess: Sheet Metal
Workers Local 100 members protested (left)
Balfour Beatty and Hess Mechanical at the
Corcoran Art Gallery on April 15. - photo
courtesy Sheet Metal 100
MontCo
GovOps Committee OKs MCGEO Contract: The
Montgomery County Council Government Operations
Committee voted to approve UFCW 1994 MCGEO’s
collective bargaining agreement (MontCo
Workers Win 13% Increase in Tentative Deal
2/13/2013 UC) yesterday morning. The full
Council will be voting on April 30th at 10am.
“Let's fill the room with gold again!” says
Local 1994.