Nurses are picketing Saint Mary's today amid ongoing contract dispute with the hospital

Registered nurses picketed outside Saint Mary’s Regional Medical Center on Wednesday to raise awareness about “safe patient staffing” at the hospital. The National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of the powerful National Nurses United union, announced the two-hour demonstration in a Tuesday release that said the nurses are still negotiating a new contract meant to boost working conditions and nurse-to-patient staffing ratios.