Local Updates

Friday, April 26, 2013

Local Updates(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.

 

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