AFSCME, COMMUNITY MEMBERS DEMAND ACTION ON EASTERN SHORE STAFFING VACANCIES
Unfilled positions in state hospitals, correctional facilities spike during Hogan’s term in office
September 27, 2017
Contact:
Maureen O'Connor
410-913-4061
[email protected]
BALTIMORE – Community members, elected officials, patient families and AFSCME Maryland members will gather for a press conference Wednesday, September 27 at 4:30 p.m. Attendees and speakers will demand action from Governor Hogan to address the conditions in many of the dangerously understaffed facilities on the Eastern Shore.
“Despite the alarming increase in staff vacancies during his term as governor, Larry Hogan has refused to address this growing public health and safety crisis,” Jazzmen S. Knoderer, a spokeswoman for AFSCME Maryland said. “Residents on the Eastern Shore deserve to know why Governor Hogan is turning his back on the hardworking women and men who provide essential services to the community.”
AFSCME Maryland and community members will keep the pressure on Governor Hogan’s administration to fill vacancies impacting public services on the Eastern Shore.
Who:
AFSCME Maryland Council 3 President Patrick Moran
Charleita Stanley, Family Services Case Worker
Earl DeVincentz, Correctional Officer
Consuela Jones-Mason, Geriatric Nursing Assistant
State Sen. Jim Mathias, District 38
Worcester County NAACP president Dr. Roxie Dennis
Salisbury community member Gertrude Cooper
When: Wednesday September 27 at 4:30 p.m.
Where: Salisbury Multi-Service Center, 201 Baptist St, Salisbury, MD 21801
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