Jerry Lynott, Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, July 13, 2010 Wilkes-Barre – Unionized nurses at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital plan to picket this weekend as negotiations for a new contract exceed a year. Members of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses & Allied Professionals scheduled the picketing from noon to 1 PM on Saturday. The two sides have been at odds since a subsidiary of Community Health Systems Inc. purchased the hospital and other assets of the Wyoming Valley Health Care System for $271 million in May 2009. ... General