St. Charles leaders and the bargaining team for the hospital's 600 service workers continue to meet, trying to hammer out a contract.  Zack Roberts is on the bargaining team, and says they've logged a lot of hours.  “We started meeting last year for our first bargaining date on May 15^th, 2011 and we've met 37 or 38 times since then.  And usually they go 6 to 8 hours.  So it's a full day at the office kind of deal.”  Roberts remains optimistic the two sides can reach agreement on a contract.  He says the sticking points remain the core issues of health benefits, wages and compensation and management rights.