Forum will ask judge to void 2 labor contracts

YOUNGSTOWN — One day after agreeing to a concessionary contract with one of its unions, Forum Health announced that it would ask a federal judge to void two of its labor agreements.

Forum Health’s board of trustees has rejected a proposed labor agreement with nurses at Northside Medical Center and members of the Service Employees International Union which would have saved the hospital system more than $4.4 million, officials said.

According to a news release issued by the hospital Thursday evening, the board turned down the proposal after trustees decided the contract wasn’t in the best interest of the hospital’s long-term financial plan.

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