Request Reprint Send us your request to reprint copyrighted material. They have pointed out errors in past management. They have raised concerns about working conditions. Hopefully it won't come to that. But it's difficult to blame hospital officials for being puzzled.
Negotiation is all about the art of give and take.
Hospital officials were, understandably, bewildered when their latest offer was rejected. Yet no deal. Union representatives insist that the details of all four demands were not agreed to completely by the hospital. Both sides have an opportunity Thursday, in one final bargaining session, to avert the threatened Nov. 22 strike. Search our online archive, or browse past editions.