Recent News and Press Releases

PA nurses union to add clout through merger Article by Harold Brubaker from the Philadelphia Inquirer. Full Story»

CMC nurses union goes national Article by Daniel Axelrod from the Scranton Times-Tribune. Full Story»

PA nurses push "safe" workload Article by Joe Napsha from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Full Story»

Nurses at CMC approve union Article by Nichole Dobo from the Scranton Times-Tribune. Full Story»

How much extra work can nurses endure? Mary Conroy reports that a fatal mistake made by a nurse, who is now charged with a felony, was caused, in part, to the larger problem of nurses being overworked in hospitals. Full Story»

Nurses are pleased state House OKs mandatory overtime ban. The Citizen's Voice article on the recent vote to ban MOT featuring PASNAP represented Wyoming Valley Hospital nurses . Full Story»

No forced OT = no nursing shortage = no-brainer. The Philadelphia Daily News article by Ronnie Polaneczsky, featuring PASNAP represented Temple nurses. Full Story»

Death of Patient Waiting in ER Ruled a Homicide. Full Story»

The Shrinking Middle Class Editorial by Harold Meyerson featured in the Washington Post . . . Full Story»

OK Forced Mandatory Overtime Ban Butler Memorial President Tammy May's Letter to Editor on Banning Mandatory Overtime. Full Story»

PASNAP Nurses Featured in Report on Nurse-Supervisor Issue Philadelphia Inquirer article covers the pending NLRB cases regarding nurses' right to union representation. . . Full Story»

Update on Mandatory Overtime: House Republicans refuse to vote on Mandatory Overtime, failing Pennsylvania nurses and patients. Full Story»

Bush Overtime Regulations Threaten Nurses Under new Bush administration regulations on overtime pay, nurses, police officers and other key personnel could lose overtime pay . . . Full Story»

Lower Back Pain Hurts Nurses The Most New study shows nurses suffer from back pain more than other workers . . . Full Story»

New Mandatory CE Requirements for PA Nurses  
A new Bill signed into law by Governor Rendell requires nurse licensees to complete 30 hours of mandatory continuing education. Full Story»

US Senate Lifts Cap on Visas Available to Foreign Nurses Republican Senator Brownback of Kansas introduced into the recently passed Immigration Bill this new provision. Full Story»

Reflecting Pent Up Demands for Respect and Recognition, Wills Eye Surgical Center Nurses Organize Union The Registered Nurses and Technicians who work for the Wills Eye Surgical Center voted 29 to 3 to form a unions with PASNAP.Full Story»

Crozer-Chester Paramedics Association ratified a new, 3-year contract
Press Release | October 2005
The 53 members of the Crozer-Chester Paramedics Association ratified a new, 3-year contract on Friday the 21st, averting a planned 5-day strike. The new contract provides for raises ranging from 11.8% to over 22%, depending on seniority and step increases, over 3 years...Full Story»

Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and Nurses Union Reach Early Contract Settlement
Press Release | October 11, 2005
New Contract Makes WB General Hospital RNs Highest Paid in Northeastern Pennsylvania and Provides Incentives for Mercy Nurses to Join Staff. In their first contract negotiation since their 23-day strike in 2003, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and the Wyoming Valley Nurses Association/PASNAP have reached a contract settlement more than three months before the expiration of the current contract...Full Story»

Mercy Suburban Nurses Ratify Union Contract, Averting Strike. Nurses Win Improvements in Staffing, Preserve Affordable Health Insurance
Press Release | September 30, 2005
The 175 Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses of the Suburban General Nurses Association, a local of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, ratified a new union contract with Mercy Suburban Hospital today...Full Story»

County Prison Nurses Organize Union to Demand Respect and Recognition
Press Release | September 3, 2005
The Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants who work for Delaware County 's George W. Hill Correctional Facility voted unanimously to form a union with the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, Pennsylvania 's professional nurses' union...Full Story»

Prison nurses decide they want to unionize
Delco Times | July 24, 2005
Seventeen health-care professionals at the Delaware County prison have signed cards indicating they want to unionize, a union official said Saturday. April Smith, director of organizing for the Pennsylvania Association... Full story »

PASNAP targets mandatory overtime
Revolution | June 20, 2005
The Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals last year helped create and promote bills in both the state House and Senate that seek to prevent... Full story »