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Union Members Ante Up to Help Striking Nurses

November 7th, 2007 UnionGuy Leave a comment Go to comments

UPDATE: The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee has contributed $10,000 to help the striking nurses at the Appalachian Regional Healthcare.

After the Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) hospitals forced 700 registered nurses out on strike more than five weeks ago, the nurses have stood strong in the face of management’s vitriolic anti-union campaign.

The nurses, members of the United American Nurses (UAN) at nine hospitals in Kentucky and West Virginia, had sought to negotiate a contract with safer staffing levels and higher patient care standards.

Yesterday, AFL-CIO President John Sweeney and Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka delivered a $20,000 check to aid the nurses on strike at the ARH hospitals (see video).

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