CRITICAL UPDATE When We Fight, We Win!

On November 7th, six weeks after their previous contracts had expired, Temple University Hospital nurses and allied health professionals ratified new threeyear contract deals that represent major steps forward in protecting and retaining seasoned caregivers in North Philadelphia. TUHNA won new staffing guidelines that cannot be changed by the hospital, a newly created system for follow-up and debrief on incidents of workplace violence, and wages that give Temple RNs the highest pay scales in any union contract in the state, ensuring that Temple can attract new nurses and retain their experienced staff. TAP also won historic gains in wages and compensation, reduction of mandatory overtime, and the same language TUHNA did on workplace violence.

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