Striking Workers To Picket Red Cross Monday

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

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 12P on Monday, June 6 to fight for a contract that “addresses key issues of staffing, scheduling, training and collective bargaining rights,” report Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE) representatives. “While we remain committed to a settlement, we are determined to take a stand for the safety of our workers, our donors and ultimately the person getting the blood," says Renee Conyers, a donor collection staff at the ARC and president of the technical unit of HPAE Local 5103. “It is unfortunate that our local Red Cross is following the lead of their national, focused instead on their $2 billion bottom line.” Click here for details.