Despite its reputation as one of the most prestigious medical institutions in the U.S., Johns Hopkins Hospital has a shocking record of hounding low income patients for medical debt – filing thousands of lawsuits, garnishing wages and seizing bank accounts.
That’s the findings of a new research report from the AFL-CIO, National Nurses United, and the Coalition for a Humane Hopkins. This is a national problem as well, with some 43 million Americans facing unpaid medical debt. The AFL-CIO, nurses and community activists this week called on Johns Hopkins to immediately cancel all medical debt lawsuits, stop garnishing wages of low-income patients, and increase the amount of charity care it provides for the poor. Read more on our website at dclabor.org On today’s labor calendar, the DC LaborFest is screening SORRY TO BOTHER YOU (tonight at 7:15 at the AFI in Silver Spring; complete details at dclabor.org; click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 2004, twelve Starbucks baristas in a midtown Manhattan store joined the Industrial Workers of the World, or Wobblies. Today’s labor quote is by Jerry Wurf, born on May 18, 1919. Wurf served as president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees from 1964 to 1981. Jerry Wurf, who said: "It’s not without faults, flaws, shortcomings, but (the labor movement) is the best guarantee we have (to) preserve the right of workers to have an input into the society, that an elite or those who have money and power, don't control the society totally." Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. If you’re thinking about a spring road trip, don’t leave town without your Union Plus car rental savings! Union members save up to 25% on rental rates. Visit unionplus.org/carrental.
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