Union nurses, on strike Sunday and Monday at Crozer-Chester
Medical Center, plan to continue picketing on Tuesday, even as negotiators from
both sides have scheduled a morning bargaining session.
Management at the Delaware County hospital will not
permit the nurses to return to work at 7 a.m. Tuesday when their two day strike
ends, saying no shifts will be available until Friday. The hospital has hired
replacement nurses.
The nurses, who planned a rally for Monday afternoon, had
been working under terms of a contract which expired June 8. The union, Pennsylvania
Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, said its approximately
550 members are striking over pay, benefits and staffing levels.
Patient levels are up at the hospital and quality of care
has not suffered, a hospital spokesman said, adding that surveyors from the
Pennsylvania Department of Health are monitoring the situation.
Source: Philly.com
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