Southeast PA- Local PASNAP nurses see big gains in new contracts

Home Health Columnist / Guide · Jan 11, 2021

PASNAP union has 8,500 members including paraprofessionals across PA. Salary increases range from 6 to 30% in my backyard. Crozer nurses win minimum staffing numbers.

DELCO Times 1/04/2021

Local nurses see big gains in new contracts

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Nurses at Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Delaware County Memorial Hospital, Springfield Hospital and Rejuvenations at Fair Acres have won new contracts with wage increase meant to recruit and retain nurses and with staffing guidelines to enhance patient care.

At Crozer-Chester Medical Center, the nurses’ contract provides overall wage increases between 12 percent and 36 percent over the three years of the pact.

“Nurses and healthcare professionals have worked tirelessly and selflessly sacrificed during the COVID-19 pandemic at great personal risk to themselves, and they will continue to be called on to do so for months to come,” Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals President Maureen May, R.N., said. “With the positive resolution of these contract fights as the virus surge continues in our area, the needs of our dedicated frontline workers have been acknowledged and respected and their patient communities are further protected. We are thrilled.”

The contracts include members of eight PASNAP units.

The 530 nurses at Crozer-Chester Medical Center overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year deal on Dec. 19 that ensures they will be able to recruit and retain the staff they need and sets the bar for nursing salaries in the greater Philadelphia area.

For the first time, the nurses’ contract includes a minimum number of Registered Nurses to be staffed on every unit on each shift, allowing for adjustments to increase the number of Registered Nurses based on acuity and complexity of care. Crucially, the hospital cannot decrease these agreed-upon guidelines without negotiating with the union. As a part of this new contract, the nurses have added nursery positions, and admissions teams and an IV team....