Support grows for RN organizing at Johns Hopkins

Nurses organizing at Johns Hopkins are receiving support from outside Maryland, just as the wave of striking teachers has also spread across state boundaries. “Everyone benefits from a union; nurses, patients, and our employer,” wrote RN Trish Powers, a member of the Massachusetts Nurses Association and chair of her hospital’s bargaining committee, in a letter to Johns Hopkins nurses. “We stood united two years ago and secured an excellent contract.” Powers talked about the benefits of forming a union, including due process rights, better pay, safe working conditions, and a voice on the job. “We live in a democratic society. That should not stop at the threshold of our workplace.” Read the full letter here.
photo: Trish Powers (3rd from right) on the picket line with Verizon strikers; courtesy Massachusetts Nurses Association

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