Article: Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Hospital Nurses Walk Off Job over Contract Dispute.

By M. Paul Jackson, The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jan. 31--WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- At 7 a.m., striking registered nurses marched -- chanting and singing -- to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

Nearly half of the 400 registered nurses who walked off the job Thursday morning in a contract dispute with the hospital joined the early-morning picket line.

Carrying signs and singing "God Bless America," the nurses began a two-day strike to protest the hospital's unwillingness to meet their demands to eliminate most mandatory overtime and improve nurses' staffing levels.

The walkout was the first by ...

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