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Picketing Nurses
3:44 pm
Mon March 11, 2013

Nurses Picket Outside SLU Hospital

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Credit Chris McDaniel, St. Louis Public Radio
Credit Chris McDaniel, St. Louis Public Radio.
Credit Chris McDaniel, St. Louis Public Radio.
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Close to 100 nurses from Saint Louis University Hospital and Des Peres Hospital picketed in the cold outside of SLU Hospital on Monday morning, saying they are required to do too much with too little staffing and insufficient equipment.

Marchelle Bettis is an RN on the trauma unit, and works with critical victims of stabbings, shootings and accidents. She says it's hard for her and her coworkers to do their jobs appropriately with the current staffing.

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Illinois State Workers
1:04 pm
Thu February 28, 2013

Here's The Latest On That Possible Illinois State Workers' Union Strike

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Reporting by Illinois Public Radio's Brian Mackey used in this report.

It looks like an impending strike of workers in Illinois' largest government-employee union has been avoided - tentatively.

Governor Pat Quinn reached a tentative contract deal with The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) early this morning.

Officially, the union is keeping mum about what's in the contract.

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