The nurses rejected a deal with first-year pay hikes pay hikes ranging from 7% to 12% depending on the nurse's years of experience.
Striking nurse Jerry Dunn told this to KDKA, explaining the nurses’ reasons for walking out:
“What we’re asking for is to be respected and valued. We’re having nurses leave this hospital in droves to other facilities. We’re asking for competitive wages, we’re asking for them not to pull our call-off language from our contract that’s been in it for the last 20 years, and we’re asking not to be pulled into departments that we’re not comfortable working in. It’s just not safe for our patients.”the “most lucrative and aggressive wage proposal in its history.
ON STRIKE: Nurses at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital walked off the job this morning after they didn’t reach an agreement on contract negotiations.
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