By Doug Cunningham
A four-day strike at Johns Hopkins Hospital is set to start Friday now that labor contract negotiations have broken down. 1199 SEIU represents 2,000 Johns Hopkins service workers. The union wants at least $15 an hour for workers with at least 15 years experience. Right now the workers start at wages from $10.71 to $27.88 an hour depending on the job. SEIU says hospital management, which paid the Johns Hopkins CEO $15.4 million in 2013 and the top ten executives a combined $26 million can easily afford to pay workers at least $15 an hour. The union says wages are so low for the service workers at Johns Hopkins Hospital that some rely on food stamps and other assistance to get by.
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