Union Rallies At Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital

{Huntington, West Virginia}...Bateman Hospital in Huntington and William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital in Weston have been under court monitoring for decades, and employees have complained about bad working conditions and over-bedding at both facilities. Members of the West Virginia Public Workers Union UE Local 170 rallied Monday outside Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital to show hospital employees and patients that the union supports them in an effort to draw attention to problems at the state's psychiatric hospitals. Some held signs calling for a stop to mandatory overtime.