Monday was the beginning of week three for nurses striking against Appalachian Regional Healthcare.

That means nurses just got their last paycheck until this situation can be resolved.

More than 600 union members are trying to stand firm for a third week, but some registered nurses on strike say the cost of standing up for what they believe in, just went up...last Friday...was their last paycheck.

KNA officials say this is their first strike in the organizations history and there are no funds for a regular strike paycheck for nurses on the picket line either.

Thanks to donations from other union organizations, like the steel workers who went on strike from ARH earlier this year, emergency funds are available.

As for inside, ARH officials say not much has changed since day one of the strike.

Whitesburg Community CEO Ellen Wright says everyone is also stepping in to help where ever needed...including herself, as a registered nurse.

The labor director for the Kentucky Nurses Association says he requested a second meeting with the federal mediator and ARH officials after the first produced no progress.