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This Thanksgiving, Help Striking Nurses
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Progressive Portal
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Nov 20, 2007 13:25 PST
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APPALACHIAN NURSES HAVE BEEN ON PICKET LINES SINCE OCT. 1
DEMANDING BETTER PATIENT CARE AND WORKING CONDITIONS
[From the AFL-CIO E-Activist Network <http://www.unionvoice.org>]
This Thursday, working men and women across the country will sit down
with their families and eat a delicious Thanksgiving meal.
But the nearly 700 nurses on strike at Appalachian Regional Healthcare
(ARH) hospitals won't have that luxury.
These members of the United American Nurses (UAN) union have been on
strike in Kentucky and West Virginia since Oct. 1, and times have been
tough.
The nurses are concerned that management's staffing decisions and
rampant mandatory overtime are preventing them from giving patients the
best possible care.
Kentucky State AFL-CIO President Bill Londrigan says union members will
do whatever it takes to get a fair contract for the nurses: "It's such
an important strike that we're not going to let these nurses suffer any
more. We're going to do everything we can to help them survive."
Already, the AFL-CIO Community Services Network has donated tens of
thousands of dollars to support the strikers. Let's continue to help
these brave workers in their hour of need.
Please consider donating $25, the cost of a Thanksgiving meal, to the
nurses' strike fund.
Take Action
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The nurses of Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) are fighting for
better care for their patients. Please donate $25 -- the cost of a
Thanksgiving meal -- to the nurses' strike fund:
https://secure.ga6.org/08/arhstrikefund/
More Information
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Striking Nurses Speak Out for Patients (AFL-CIO blog):
http://blog.aflcio.org/?tag=Appalachian%20Regional%20Healthcare
Talks To Resume in Strike (WKYT-TV News):
http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/11626691.html
Nurses' Strike Drags On In Appalachia (Associated Press):
http://www.sacbee.com/840/story/496762.html
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