CHS faces strike at Pa. hospital

By Geert De Lombaerde Posted on November 16, 2009 at 11:44 am

Service Employees International Union representatives have issued a strike notice at Pottstown Memorial Hospital, a Community Health Systems facility where the previous labor contract expired in August. The move comes after CHS officials appear to have gone AWOL.

Speaking at the press conference, hospital workers said their employer failed to “show up” at the three previous meetings in which negotiations were expected to continue. Roy Feick, a certified pharmacy technician at the hospital for five years, said CHS has shown “no respect for us at PMMC or the community of Pottstown … otherwise they would attend negotiations.

“We can’t negotiate with ourselves; we need CHS in the room,” he added.

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Tags: Community Health Systems Inc., hospital management, organized labor, Pennsylvania, Service Employees International Union, strike  

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