Saturday, November 06, 2010
Union Hopes To Avoid Strike
WEST VIRGINIA....
Representatives of the Service Employees International Union District 1199 hosted a press conference Saturday afternoon expressing their willingness to return to the bargaining table with the Cabell Huntington Hospital administration to hopefully avoid a planned November 15th strike.Union workers voted to issue a 10-day strike notice to the hospital this week, based on more than $3 million in concessions employees say they are being asked to take as part of a new contract. The next bargaining session is set for November 11th.