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Raising Wages for a Hospital's Unsung Heroes
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 31, Number 2, May 2020
- pp. 538-541
- 10.1353/hpu.2020.0041
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Abstract:
Custodial staff are essential to the smooth functioning of a hospital, and yet their financial hardships often go unnoticed in discussions of health care delivery. I share my personal experiences speaking with custodial staff at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as they sought and received a raise in the hospital's minimum wage, and observing the lasting effects of such a reform.