Aid Workers See Red

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Red Cross workers and their supporters are bringing their battle for justice to the aid agency's national headquarters on Monday at 1P. Following up on a three-day strike by Red Cross workers in six states in early June, hundreds of delegates to the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU, one of several unions representing Red Cross workers) convention will picket the American Red Cross (ARC) 17th Street headquarters. "The Red Cross is supposed to help people, yet they've unilaterally cut benefits for their own workers and shipped jobs overseas," said OPEIU Local 2 President Dan Dyer. "The Red Cross is putting our precious blood supply at risk and threatening donors, workers and the public. Please join us Monday!"