MD Nursing Home Workers Rally for a Fair Contract

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Workers at Carlyle/Manor Care of Dulaney Nursing Home in Towson, Maryland will rally outside the facility today against management's refusal to the negotiate a fair contract. "After months of negotiations, management refuses to budge on key issues including affordable health care, decent pension benefits and contributing to a training and upgrading fund for workers," reports 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, which represents workers at the facility. The Carlyle Group - a DC private equity buyout firm - recently purchased Manor Care. The purchase has been the target of protests (Nursing Home Workers Confront Buyout Giant 2/14/08 UC) and SEIU has raised concerns about its effects on patient care and staffing and Carlyle's creation of shell companies that would prevent its from being subject to medical facility regulations and lawsuits.