Posts tagged Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals
Philly workers got organized in 2023. Look back on this year’s strikes, walkouts, and union campaigns.
December 30, 2023 // As worker organizing activity heated up toward the end of 2022, with new unions and strikes grabbing headlines through the fall, labor leaders predicted 2023 would be an even bigger year for employees seizing on their leverage.
Unionized nurses at 2 Pennsylvania community hospitals to strike this month amid ongoing contract negotiations
December 14, 2023 // “The increases they’re offering don’t even touch the inflation rate right now,” Rumer said. Moreover, Rumer accused Prime of failing to deliver on its promises since buying Suburban Community and Lower Bucks hospitals in 2016 and 2012, respectively.
Unionization momentum at Temple Health continues with workers at Fox Chase, Chestnut Hill Hospital
November 14, 2023 // The research staff at the Fox Chase Cancer Center filed union petitions with the National Labor Relations Board on Monday, becoming the fourth group to do so at the Northeast Philadelphia specialty hospital this year. The 91 workers run clinical trials at the National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. On the same day, about 200 registered nurses and 80 technical specialists at Chestnut Hill Hospital filed paperwork with the NLRB. Temple acquired the hospital less than a year ago. All three groups would be represented by the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, or PASNAP. Temple Health and Fox Chase declined to comment on the organizing efforts.
Geisinger CMC employees vote to unionize
December 27, 2022 // Nurse practitioners and physician assistants at Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton voted overwhelmingly Thursday to unionize with the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, the union announced Friday. With the 44 to 4 vote, the employees join 350 Geisinger CMC professionals and specialists who voted to join PASNAP on Dec. 15, and 525 Geisinger CMS nurses already represented by the union. In a statement, PASNAP President Maureen May, RN, said union representation has never been more important in the face of COVID-19.