Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals<\/a>, which is affiliated with both local unions.<\/p>\n\u201cWe are the ones who every day, a thousand times a day, give these patients what they need,\u201d added TUHNA President Marty Harrison. \u201cThe public and our elected officials were behind us because they know that\u2019s what we do, and they trust us to hold our ground and to make sure we have the staff, the equipment, and the supplies to take good care of every human life, no matter what zip code they were born in.\u201d<\/p>\n
If the unions had moved ahead with their planned five-day strike, Temple Health would have had to pay $5 million to nursing staff to keep their medical centers open, officials have said. A work stoppage would have primarily affected the health system\u2019s main hospital in North Philadelphia and the newly opened Women & Families Hospital in Northwood.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis agreement reflects a mutual commitment to a constructive negotiations process and to achieving terms that are fair and equitable for all parties,\u201d a Temple Health spokesperson said in a statement. \u201cIt further recognizes the extraordinary efforts of our employees and supports Temple Health\u2019s mission to provide safe, high-quality care to the patients and communities we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Former Mayor John Street speaks at a Temple University Hospital union rally Wednesday, Sept. 10.JACK TOMCZUK \/ METRO FILE<\/p>\n
A contract ratification vote was held Friday, during which 87% of TUHNA members and 90% of TAP participants elected to approve the deal, according to PASNAP.<\/p>\n
Over the course of the deal, nurses, techs and other staff will see a pay increase of 9.5%, with the potential for more due to step increases, union representatives said. The agreement also incorporates $1,000 bonuses for full-time employees and $500 for part-time staff, PASNAP officials added.<\/p>\n
Enhancing workplace safety was a priority for TUHNA and TAP, and union leadership said the new contract contains provisions to keep Temple Health accountable. Under the collective bargaining agreement, weapons detectors must be installed at the Women & Families Hospital within 120 days, and at least two trained security personnel must be on duty at all times, according to PASNAP.<\/p>\n
Temple Health also committed to boosting staffing levels at the Women & Families Hospital, union officials said.\n<\/p>\n
Signs of progress toward a deal emerged Sept. 26, when TUHNA and TAP pushed back their initial strike date of Oct. 6, after they said hospital administrators took proposed healthcare benefit cuts off the table.<\/p>\n
Federal labor laws require unions representing employees at medical facilities to provide 10 days notice of a strike, and TUHNA and TAP refiled that paperwork for a work stoppage beginning Oct. 13.<\/p>\n
Collective bargaining agreements for both unions expired Sept. 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Temple University Hospital nurses and technical staff reached an agreement with administrators Friday. JACK TOMCZUK \/ METRO FILE…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":298026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,1448,137154,2830,1311,137155,130318,39749,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-298025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-pa","10":"tag-pasnap","11":"tag-pennsylvania","12":"tag-philadelphia","13":"tag-temple-health","14":"tag-temple-university-hospital","15":"tag-unions","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115362842870410230","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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