Johns Hopkins Hospital Workers Threaten to Strike

Unionized service and maintenance workers at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore are threatening to strike if the hospital does not increase wages, according to a report by The Baltimore Sun.

The union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, is requesting a wage of at least $15 an hour, which would amount to a 40 percent increase for some of its 2,000 members, according to the report. Union members voted to authorize the strike last week.

Johns Hopkins proposed raises of 1 percent for the first two years of the contract, union officials told The Baltimore Sun.

"We are negotiating in good faith, working to reach a settlement that's fair to everyone and reflects financial responsibility on the part of the hospital," a hospital spokeswoman said in the report.

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