About 2,000 nurses and health
care professionals at Temple University Hospital have reached an agreement on a
new three-year contract with the North Philadelphia medical center.
The workers, 98 percent of
whom voted to ratify the agreement Tuesday night, are members of the the
Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals (PASNAP).
PASNAP officials said the
three-year contract includes wage increases and improvements on staffing and
job security.
The contract, according to
PASNAP, contains wage increases of 6.75 percent over three years, with a
majority of employees seeing 10 percent or more between annual increases and
wage steps built into the contract.
Temple University Hospital
released a statement saying the new contracts will be in effect retroactively
from Oct. 1 through Sept. 30, 2019.
"Agreement on these new
contracts was achieved, in large part, because of mutual commitment – on both
sides of the bargaining table – to a sustained process of respectful and
productive contract negotiations, which began in July," Temple said in its
statement.
“The number one issue for the
nurses was safe staffing," said Maureen May, a registered nurse and president of
the nurses’ union at Temple. “The contract provides language that supports
staffing initiatives, improves patient safety and holds management accountable to
the union.”
Im 2010, PASNAP nurses at
Temple University went out on strike for about a month before a new deal was reached.
PASNAP represents 8,300 nurses
and health professionals throughout Pennsylvania.
Source: Philadelphia
Business Journal
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