| Second Week Of Strike Begins
Union officials say more than 2,700 United Steel Workers are beginning the second week of their strike against Appalachian Regional Healthcare. Negotiations broke off last Thursday after ARH officials say they presented their latest contract proposal. As of now, no future negotiation dates have been set. Both sides say they are waiting for a federal mediator to set those times. Union officials say they're also waiting on information from ARH officials regarding their proposed health care plan. .
William R. Fields Joins EON Reality Inc. Advisory Board
IRVINE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- April 16, 2007 -- EON Reality Inc., the world's leading interactive 3D software provider, today announced that William R. Fields has joined its advisory board. Fields will lead the development of the company's strategic Experience & Discovery Centers (EDC), as well as the expansion of its Interactive Digital Center (IDC) consortium in Asia. Fields is an experienced executive who currently serves as Chairman of InterSource Enterprises, LLC, Director of Graphic Packaging Corporate and as a member on the boards of Lexmark and Sharper Image Corp. His deep bench of board experience includes posts as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Factory 2-U Stores, Inc., President and CEO of Hudson's Bay Company and Chairman and CEO of Blockbuster Entertainment Group, a division of Viacom, Inc.
Arbitration costs town $20000
Greenville council has spent nearly $20,000 since January 2006 on legal costs to take the firefighter union's contract to binding arbitration and then appealing a neutral arbiter's ruling on that contract. Firefighters contract arbitration costs Greenville $20,000 By Monica Pryts Herald Staff Writer GREENVILLE — Greenville council has spent nearly $20,000 since January 2006 on legal costs to take the firefighter union's contract to binding arbitration and then appealing a neutral arbiter's ruling on that contract. .
Gaston renovates strip mall for offices
After several months of work, Gaston County has turned a former downtown Gastonia shopping center into government offices through a $3.9 million renovation. Once known as York Chester Square, the roughly 70,000-square-foot building at 410 W. Franklin Blvd. now houses N.C. Probation/Parole offices, the Gaston Mediation Center, county elections offices and the county's Alternative Community Penalties program. The agencies moved from their old locations this month. Renovations at York Chester Square started after Gaston County commissioners approved a bid last spring. The project was the second phase of renovations at York Chester Square. In 2004, Gaston County police moved from Remount Road into the former Curtain, Bed & Bath Outlet building at the center.
Review hospital phone rules plea
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital Trust are being urged to come to a decision on the future use of mobile phones within their hospitals. The intervention comes following new safety advice on the use of mobile phones inside hospitals — and after a large increase in charges for the current bedside phone system, known as Patientline. Southport councillor Les Byrom, who is also on the Hospital Trust board, said there has been a gradual erasing of the strict no mobile policy at the hospital and added: "Phone use in hospitals is a hot topic in the press and I used the opportunity of last week’s Hospital Trust board meeting, to ask for a full report on a new policy that would enable patients, visitors and staff to make use of mobile phones whilst not compromising on safety, privacy or care. "Mobile phones ringing away would be a nuisance, but patients may feel more in touch and less isolated if they had an ability to use mobile phones occasionally, on silent mode, to keep in touch with friends and family.
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