MN Guild Calls on HHS to PRIORITIZE In-Person Interpreting During and After the Pandemic

MN Guild Calls on HHS to PRIORITIZE In-Person Interpreting During and After the Pandemic

VIDEO: What it’s Like to Interpret in the Pandemic and the Importance of In-Person Interpreting During the Pandemic: https://www.newsy.com/stories/what-it-s-like-to-be-a-medical-interpreter-amid-the-pandemic/ Hospitals use interpreters to give voice to patients with limited English skills. They’re still showing up amid the pandemic.

Interpreters take HCMC to court for refusal to bargain over VRI

Interpreters take HCMC to court for refusal to bargain over VRI

The Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against Hennepin County Medical Center for the hospital’s refusal to bargain with Interpreters over the effects of the implementation of video remote interpreting (VRI). The Guild is asking a Hennepin County judge to issue a temporary restraining order and permanent injunction to stop the implementation of VRI until HCMC management bargains in good faith with the Union. Under Minnesota’s public employment law, or PELRA, unions are required to file an unfair labor practice complaint in court and seek injunctive relief. In the private sector, unions file unfair labor practice complaints with the National Labor Relations Board.