Nursing

Unionized nurses at Geisinger’s Wyoming Valley facilities settled with the company late Friday after months of negotiations, averting a second strike.

The latest proposal comes after the nurses’ five-day strike in February and negotiating sessions on March 25 and 26. Union members said they will not agree to this proposal.

Talks between Geisinger and Luzerne County RNs break down amid renewed negotiations in the wake of last month's five-day strike.

Geisinger and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare PA returned to the negotiating table on day three of the five-day strike.

Both Geisinger and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare PA expressed a desire to get back to the negotiating table and end the strike on time.

Geisinger’s unionized Luzerne County nurses began a strike on Feb. 17. The union had been in negotiations with Geisinger since November, and nurses have been working under an expired contract since the end of January.

Betty Benulis celebrates her 50-year employment anniversary today, Jan. 6, at St. Luke’s Miners campus.