A nurses union recently secured a three-year contract for nurses at several southern West Virginia hospitals.
More than 750 Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) nurses represented by the Southern United Nurses, an affiliate of the National Nurses United, entered into a contract agreement with ARH. The deal involves ARH locations in eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia.
“ARH entered into these negotiations with the goal of reaching a fair contract with competitive wages and benefits,” said Dan Fitzpatrick, executive director of Human Resources and Labor Relations for ARH. “The ratified agreement will help ARH remain a viable and sustainable health care system.”
The deal will go into effect May 1.
“We are extremely pleased that our nurses have ratified the new three-year agreement,” said ARH President and CEO Jerry W. Haynes. “In a time of uncertainty in the current health care environment and the overall economy, we feel this is a very good agreement that is evenly balanced.”
ARH employs about 4,700 people and serves about 350,000 residents in Appalachia. ARH also operates multi-specialty physician practices, home health agencies, HomeCare Stores and retail pharmacies. It is also the third largest employer in southern West Virginia.
NNU advocates for various health-related issues, such as proper registered nurse to patient ratios, protection/strengthening of social security and guaranteed health care.
— E-mail: tkuykendall@register-herald.com
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