Sixteen months after voting to form a labor union, about
370 nurses and technical employees at Delaware County Memorial Hospital have
reached a tentative agreement on their first contract with Prospect Medical
Holdings Inc., which bought Crozer-Keystone Health System last year in a deal
valued at $300 million.
The Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses & Allied
Professionals, which represents the Delaware County Memorial staff, said
Wednesday that the deal would be put up for a vote Thursday. PASNAP said the
tentative agreement "gives nurses and techs a voice in patient-care
issues, allows for transparency in staffing, and protects worker
standards."
The nurses went on strike for two days in March and were
locked out for an additional three days by Prospect, which is majority-owned by
private-equity firm Leonard Green & Partners.
Source: Philly.com
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