Red Cross Must Bargain for Worker Union Pact, Lawmakers Insist

U.S. lawmakers are imploring the American Red Cross to negotiate a fair contract with the coalition of worker unions that represent about 4,000 employees across the country.

Workers overseeing the country’s blood supply deserve a collective bargaining agreement that provides affordable health-care benefits and acknowledges the health and safety risk they’ve faced during the Covid-19 pandemic, 47 members of the U.S. House said in a letter to Red Cross management Tuesday. The Coalition of Red Cross Unions is composed of 10 labor groups that represent the nonprofit Red Cross workers.

“These front-line workers collect, process, and deliver lifesaving blood products ...