Overview
- Union members in TUHNA and TAP voted to approve the contracts, with 87% and 90% support, respectively.
- The three-year deal delivers annual pay increases of 3.25%, 3.25% and 3%, with experience-based steps bringing total gains to roughly 9%–27%.
- Full-time staff will receive a $1,000 ratification bonus and part-time staff $500, with added benefits such as $2,500 per year for advanced practice nurses’ continuing education, a $12 holiday differential for per diem shifts and expanded certification bonuses.
- The contracts mandate new security measures, including weapons detectors at Temple Women & Families Hospital within 120 days, at least two certified protection officers, and functional panic buttons, surveillance cameras and emergency alert systems.
- The agreements span Temple University Hospital’s main campus, Women & Families Hospital and designated units at Jeanes Hospital, averting a planned five-day strike that had been postponed by a week, and Temple Health described the outcome as a mutual commitment to fair terms and safe care.