PASNAP – Healthcare-NOW

Everybody In, Nobody Out: At Temple and Beyond an Injury to One is an Injury to All

By Donna Smith – When you see the faces of the members of PASNAP (Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals) on strike at Temple University Hospital and perhaps most especially when you see the faces of their children walking on the picket line with them, you embrace the reality of why these brave…

Sending Support for Striking Temple Workers

By Michael Moore – Filmmaker and documentarian Michael Moore sent words of support for the 1,500 striking workers of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professions now on strike at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. The PASNAP members have been on strike since March 31, and Moore’s statement was read at a rally…

Temple nurses strike over work rule, tuition perk

By Kathy Matheson for Associated Press – PHILADELPHIA — Hundreds of striking Temple University Hospital nurses and other employees rallied Tuesday in an effort to restart contract negotiations stalled over language that workers say would jeopardize patients, limit free speech and take away a crucial college tuition benefit. About 1,000 nurses and 500 professional health…