IN THE NEWS: As Mercy Hospital strike hits one-month mark, both sides report progress amid bitter talks
One month ago, the sun not yet up Oct. 1, dozens upon dozens of workers poured out of Mercy Hospital's front entrance, joining hundreds of their colleagues on the picket line in South Buffalo.
Since that moment, negotiations have continued but with no deal in sight.
Until Sunday morning, when the Communications Workers of America Local 1133 told its members the two sides "were very close to reaching an agreement" after an all-night bargaining session that concluded at 6 a.m. Catholic Health echoed that Sunday, mentioning the two sides met through much of the weekend and appeared close to a tentative agreement on several occasions before "talks broke down again."
Former labor attorney and the director of the Cornell University Industrial and Labor Relations School's Buffalo office, Cathy Creighton said, "Usually if it goes past a month, it shows that the parties have very real substantive differences that will be difficult to resolve."
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