Temple nurses and techs vote today on new contract

The members of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals (PASNAP) are voting today to ratify a new contract with Temple University Health Systems.

Hundreds of PASNAP members packed the Fraternal Order of Police hall at 13th and Spring Garden this morning to hear the details of the contract, with morale high after almost a month on the picket line.

Throughout the last month, PASNAP has kept the pressure on Temple, bringing out thousands of people to rallies in front of Temple president Ann Weaver Hart's house in Rittenhouse Square, the Constitution Center, and City Hall. 

PASNAP's 1,500 nurses and technical professionals have made it clear that their struggle is about more than their own working conditions or pay. They are fighting for the care they can give to their patients, and their ability to be advocates for quality healthcare, at the bedside, on the picket line, or in Harrisburg and Washington.

Voting on the potential new contract will occur throughout the day, and the details will be released to the public tonight, if the membership votes to ratify. 

Stay tuned for updates, and in the meantime, be sure to check out Dina Yarmus' piece on the larger significance of PASNAP's struggle here.

PASNAP members hear the details of the potential new contract