Included with this issue of The Arkansas Trustee is the program and registration information for the AHA Annual Meeting . We hope you will join us. You've sent e-mails, faxes and letters. You've made phone calls. You've encouraged your legislators to visit your communities and your hospitals to see, first hand, just what the BBA is doing.
Many legislators now understand that many hospitals and the people they serve are facing a crisis.
The deadline to send petitions to congressmen, senators, and President Clinton has been extended to August 31. The Arkansas Hospital Association has scheduled a series of regional programs designed to help prevent labor problems before they occur. As a unique complement to her expertise as a Registered Nurse, Ms. Rizzo has experience as a union staff representative, organizer and lead negotiator. She has successfully negotiated numerous contracts, been responsible for contract enforcement, grievance handling and arbitration. Since joining Adams, Nash, she has provided on-site management mentoring and support, enhanced employee relations sensitivity, facilitated employee task forces on workforce recruitment and retention, and managed numerous union avoidance campaigns.