Beckley rally supports nurses in their strike against ARH (700 registered nurses at nine facilities)

Omaha Steve

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Sun Nov-11-07 12:33 PM
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Beckley rally supports nurses in their strike against ARH (700 registered nurses at nine facilities)

Source: Charleston Gazette

By Paul J. Nyden

Dozens gathered outside Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital for a rally Saturday in support of nurses who�ve been on strike since Sept. 30.

Negotiations between hospital officials and the United Nurses Association broke down in Lexington, Ky., on Wednesday when hospital officials walked out of the meeting chaired by a federal mediator.

Herb Fetty, the federal mediator, has scheduled another negotiating session for this Wednesday.

�These nurses are taking a stand for all working families, because they�re fighting for quality patient care,� said Ken Perdue, president of the West Virginia AFL-CIO.

Read more: http://sundaygazettemail.com/section/News/2007111031?pt=10

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davidinalameda

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Sun Nov-11-07 12:49 PM
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1. this will be interesting

because those of us who follow WV politics know that Joe Manchin has his eye on bigger and better things

he'd make a perfect VP candidate-he's a conservative Democrat in a swing state

he could easily use this strike to his advantage

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MadAnne

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Sun Nov-11-07 05:08 PM
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2. Yes it will be. I don't agree with Manchin on a lot

of social issues, but I think he's been a pretty good governor. I wasn't very happy with him when Charlotte Pritt was running, but I'm older and not nearly as idealistic. Great speaker, isn't he?

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AnneD

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Mon Nov-12-07 10:17 AM
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3. I don't know about W.Va......

but Kentucky has a most Nurse UN-friendly reputation backed up by some nasty court cases.

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