Allegheny County Jail medical staff reach first contract with Corizon

by Alex Zimmerman, Pittsburgh City Paper 

For the first time since overwhelmingly voting to form a union last year, medical staff at Allegheny County Jail reached a labor agreement with Corizon Health — the private company responsible for health care at the jail.

The three-year agreement, reached late last week and disclosed by union officials today, covers 116 workers. It includes wage increases, advance notice of work shifts and more consistent assignments, according to United Steelworkers organizer Bernie Hall who worked with jail medical staff … more