Happy Valentine’s Day! This is Chris Garlock, with the latest labor news, updates and history from the Metro Washington Labor Council.
National Nurses United has filed another charge against Johns Hopkins Hospital, saying the hospital retaliated against a nurse after she led a delegation of African American nurses to meet with management. In January, the National Labor Relations Board decided to move forward with an earlier complaint against the hospital citing numerous alleged labor violations. A hearing is currently set for March 6 in Baltimore on those charges. “It’s wrong that rather than listening to nurses, Hopkins has maintained a culture of silence and retaliated against nurses when we try to advocate for our patients,” said RN Vivian Obijekwu. “As frontline caregivers, we know intimately what our patients need. When the hospital silences nurses, they are essentially silencing our patients.” On today’s labor calendar, tune in at 1 this afternoon for this week’s edition of Your Rights at Work, when we’ll take your calls, plus guests on the latest labor news. That’s Your Rights at Work at 1pm today, here on WPFW. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1903, the Western Federation of Miners struck for the 8-hour day. Today’s labor quote is by William Sylvis, the pioneering American trade union leader who first advocated for the creation of a Department of Labor back in the 1860’s. He protested that existing government departments threw their protective arms around every enterprise fostering wealth, while no department had as its quote "sole object the care and protection of labor," unquote. It was on this date in 1903, that President Theodore Roosevelt created the Department of Commerce and Labor, which was was divided into two separate departments ten years later. Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. Are you paying too much for auto insurance? Compare quotes with the Union Plus Auto Insurance Program. Visit unionplus.org/auto to get started.
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