Kim Chi Ha, Washington City Paper, August 3, 2010 Even in sweltering August heat, this year's earlier pesky blizzard won't go away. Over the weekend, Nurses United, a union that represents 1,600 registered nurses at Washington Hospital Center (WHC), voted for a one-day strike. The union is demanding that the nurses who were fired following February's massive winter storms for not making it through the snow to work be reinstated with back pay, and that management ensures it doesn't violate hospital policies again. The in-person secret ballot took place over a period of three-days, from Thursday to Saturday. ... Nurses