Forum nurses reach tentative pacts

June 24, 2009 at 4:48p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN — Forum Health and its nurses’ unions at Northside Medical Center in Youngstown and Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital in Howland have reached tentative agreements on new contracts.

The Northside nurses agreement was announced late today in a joint statement by Eric Williams, president of the 480-member Youngstown General Duty Nurses Association/Ohio Nurses Association, and Lisa Johnson, Forum Health vice president of human resources.

Simultaneously, Forum issued a press release announcing the tentative agreement with 22 nurses at Hillside, who are members of the Ohio Nurses Association Hillside Chapter.

Ratification votes for both union groups are scheduled for July 1.