Hospitals across the region reported little to no effect on their blood supplies as about 160 union workers from the Greater Alleghenies Region of the American Red Cross stayed on strike for a second day.
"At this moment, it's not an issue," said Robin Jennings, a spokeswoman for Excela Health, which operates three hospitals in Westmoreland County, along with affiliates in Fayette and Indiana counties.
The strike started Sunday at 12:01 a.m. and involves members of the blood drive collection staff represented by Communications Workers of America Local 13000.
The union represents about 160 of the 700 workers at a Red Cross chapter that serves 100 counties in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland.
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