Red Cross Workers' Rally For Justice Today
Monday, June 6, 2011(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
Citing ongoing threats to blood safety and workers’ rights
violations, striking nurses and donor collection staff who work for the American
Red Cross (ARC) in Philadelphia and South Jersey will rally outside the ARC’s
Downtown
headquarters at noon today. “Nurses and staff at the ARC have filed
unfair labor practice charges over the many changes made by ARC in their working
conditions, health coverage and retirement plans; and negotiations are proving
more difficult than in the past,” report Health Professionals and Allied
Employees (HPAE) representatives. “Nurses and donor collection staff are
seeking better staffing, training, and scheduling systems as well as
reinstatement of their retirement plan.” Click
here for full details. - photo by Adam
Wright