Northside Nurses Strike

092413 bl northside ... Members of the Ohio Nurses Association / Youngstown General Duty Nurses Association at Northside Medical Center picketed outside the hospital Tuesday as part of a one-day strike. The nurses have been working more than a year without a contract.

092413 bl northside ... Paula Kortes of Girard, a Telemetry nurse at Northside Medical Center, on Tuesday walked the picket line with more than 100 other nurses outside the hospital.

092413 bl northside ... Northside Medical Center Registered Nurse Vicki Toth of Poland, left, a 34-year hospital employee, speaks to Krista Hawkins, an RN from Hanoverton, during Tuesday's one-day strike outside the hospital. Hawkins has been at the hospital only a year after graduating last year from Kent State University Salem campus.

092413 bl northside ... Members of the Ohio Nurses Association / Youngstown General Duty Nurses Association at Northside Medical Center picketed outside the hospital Tuesday as part of a one-day strike. The nurses have been working more than a year without a contract.

092413 bl northside ... Youngstown native Francine Lawrence, Executive Vice President of the American Federation of Teachers, traveled to the picket line Tuesday morning to address nurses on the picket line outside Northside Medical Center. Members of the Ohio Nurses Association / Youngstown General Duty Nurses Association walked out at 7 a.m. Tuesday for a 12-hour work stoppage, hoping to urge further labor contract negotiations with hospital management.