Corning Hospital Employees Set Picket Date

Corning (N.Y.) Hospital workers represented by the Service Employees International Union — about 450 nurses, lab technicians and other employees — are set to hold an informational picket June 6 if a labor contract agreement is not reached, according to a Steuben Courier report.

Labor contract negotiations started in February but a contract has not come to fruition, and SEIU officials notified Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie Health, which owns Corning Hospital, of the picket plans May 24, according to the report. Workers are currently under a three-year contract that ended April 30 but was extended until June 9.

The two parties have not been able to agree on a wage increase and higher insurance plan costs.

The union picket is not a strike and will not compromise patient care at Corning Hospital, according to the report.

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