Kentucky and West Virginia Nurses on Strike!

Kentucky Nurses Association and West Virginia Nurses Association Nurses are on strike at Appalachian Regional Healthcare  (ARH) over the current contract, which expired Sunday. See http://www.inform.com/related_content/42395678,0 and http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/191488.html.

ARH officials declined to say how many job openings there are at the seven hospitals in Eastern Kentucky and two in West Virginia affected by the strike.According to Pat Tanner, the lead negotiator for the Kentucky and West Virginia nurses associations, at least 650 registered nurses walked out when their contract expired at 12:01 a.m. Monday.