About 1,000 more supporters from neighboring states also joined the Mothers’ March and Rally for Justice at Johns Hopkins, according to the report.
The large rally comes a month after employees represented by labor union 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East went on a three-day strike. The union was seeking wage increases for its workers — the median increase for all workers over the union’s four-year proposal would be 18 percent. According to the union, nearly 70 percent of the hospital’s caregivers make less than $14.92 an hour, which would qualify them for food stamps if they are a single parent.
Johns Hopkins’ vice president for human relations told The Baltimore Sun that workers at the hospital are paid a higher starting wage than Maryland’s minimum wage and that employees have access to assistance for educational programs.
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