AFT Healthcare-Maryland President Debra Perry reports that her union and the Department of Health and Human Resources have worked together to enable registered nurses who provide direct care to patients in the state’s 24/7 hospitals to receive a $300 bonus if they work all of their scheduled shifts throughout the month of December and do not call out.
Perry also reminds state employees that they will receive a 3 percent COLA increase in January thanks to AFT-Healthcare and the Maryland Professional Employees Council.