By DAVID E. MALLOY, Huntington WV Herald-Dispatch.com
ASHLAND, KY — Dozens of union employees at King’s Daughters Medical Center in Ashland picketed outside the hospital Monday afternoon calling for better health insurance benefits and a better contract.
District 1199 of the Service Employees International Union represents 563 workers at the medical center. The union employees have been working without a contract since Dec. 1. The workers earlier turned down a contract proposal by a total of 428-8. No contract negotiations currently are set.
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