Temple and nurses settle strike
After four marathon days of negotiating, Temple University Hospital and its 1,500 nurses and allied health professionals reached an agreement Tuesday to end a 28-day strike that began March 31.The employees plan to return to work at 7 p.m. Friday, assuming the proposed contract is approved during three ratification votes ...
Everybody In, Nobody Out: At Temple and Beyond an Injury to One is an Injury to All
When you see the faces of the members of PASNAP (Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals) on strike at Temple University Hospital and perhaps most especially when you see the faces of their children walking on the picket line with them, you embrace the reality of why these ...
Temple Students ‘Die-In’ To Oppose Exploitation of Workers
PHILADELPHIA – “Should I care if someone else is being exploited?” asked Kate Harkins, 21, of Schuylkill County, PA, who is a junior majoring in American Studies at Temple. “If we don’t stand up for those workers now, then down the road when we are workers, conditions will not be ...
Sending Support for Striking Temple Workers
Filmmaker and documentarian Michael Moore sent words of support for the 1,500 striking workers of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professions now on strike at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. The PASNAP members have been on strike since March 31, and Moore’s statement was read at a ...
The cost of Temple Hospital replacements
On its Web site, Health Source Global Staffing, a California company, put out a bid for help at Temple University Hospital, where 1,500 nurses and allied health professionals have been on strike since March 31. "We are recruiting for an upcoming strike in Philadelphia at a large teaching hospital," the ...
Temple nurses strike over work rule, tuition perk
PHILADELPHIA — Hundreds of striking Temple University Hospital nurses and other employees rallied Tuesday in an effort to restart contract negotiations stalled over language that workers say would jeopardize patients, limit free speech and take away a crucial college tuition benefit.About 1,000 nurses and 500 professional health workers have been ...
RNs on Strike at Temple: Snapshots from Day Three on the Line
A transplant doctor steps into the crowd of picketing nurses and other health professionals at Temple and says how much he hopes this is all over soon. “I just cannot transplant anyone this way,” he shares. No one takes any pleasure in his statement, but another RN asks him about ...
Gag Clause At Issue In Hospital Strike
PHILADELPHIA - The Temple University Hospital nurses strike is stretching into a second day.A total of 1,500 workers walked out Wednesday after months of failed contract negotiations.The hospital has put a new offer on the table, but union officials say it's unacceptable because it still contains a clause that restricts ...
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