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Nurses at MedStar Washington Hospital Center allege wage theft

By WTOP.com  
   January 19, 2026

Anne Strauss, a representative with the National Nurses United union, told WTOP the organization received a call on Friday that the Office of the D.C. Attorney General was opening a probe. Registered nurses accuse MedStar Washington Hospital Center of committing systemic wage and hour violations. The nurses said they often worked through mandatory, unpaid 30-minute meal breaks and said the hospital altered time records to show breaks were taken — without their knowledge.

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