Northside registered nurses win ruling on mandatory overtime

September 28, 2015 at 11:31a.m.

YOUNGSTOWN

The Youngstown General Duty Nurses Association, which represents about 280 registered nurses at ValleyCare Northside Medical Center in Youngstown, has won an arbitration regarding mandatory overtime.

Eric Williams, president of YGDNA, called the ruling by a Cleveland arbiter a “huge award” for the nurses and patients and the community.

The arbiter’s decision limits mandatory overtime to 33 hours per year. The decision does not mandate that Northside hire additional nurses, but Williams believes it will be necessary to meet the terms of the arbiter’s decision.

For more, see Tuesday’s Vindicator.