Little Rock, Ark. (Jan. 15, 2019) – OPEIU Local 22 registered nurses employed at CHI St. Vincent are expressing outrage over the announcement that the labor and delivery and NCIU – originally slated for closing on March 1 – will now close by early February.

“The hard-working nurses who staff the L&D unit are still reeling from the announcement that the 130-year-old unit would be closing on March 1 – the reason for which we still haven’t been told – and now we find out the unit will close even sooner,” said Paige Yates, RN, president of Local 22. “This rush to close leaves our community and the families who depend on the labor and delivery unit, including the many inductions and caesarean births already scheduled for the coming months, in an extremely vulnerable position.”

NOTICE OF O.P.E.I.U. LOCAL 12 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Time: 6:00 P.M.

Location: 2277 Highway 36 W., Second Floor Large Conference Room, Roseville, MN 55113

Nominations and Elections

Nominations will be held for Officers and Executive Board Members to the O.P.E.I.U. Local 12 Executive Board at this meeting.

Article X: Nominations and Elections

Section 2: No member shall be elected or appointed to an office in or as an Executive Board member of this Union unless he/she has been a member of this Union in good standing for at least the preceding twelve (12) months in a unit under Contract with O.P.E.I.U., Local #12.