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Hospital workers in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania on strike


Hospital workers in Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania on strike
Eighty-four workers are striking against grueling work conditions at a hospital near Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, a small town about an hour from Scranton. The strikes involves nurses, respiratory therapists, radiology technicians, medical technologists, phlebotomists, pharmacists, case managers, supply technicians and cleaning staff at Tyler Memorial Hospital.
The hospital is owned by Commonwealth Health Systems, Inc., a conglomerate based in Franklin, Tennessee, that generated nearly $11.8 billion in income in 2020. It expects to eclipse that figure in the coming year.
Striking workers at Tyler Memorial Hospital (Credit: WSWS)
Tyler Memorial employees, who are members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) have been forced to work without a contract since February. The SEIU has announced in advance that it will pull the plug on the strike on Friday, after a total of three days. ....

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Hospital workers in Wyoming County on the picket line


Hospital workers in Wyoming County on the picket line
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Hospital workers at Tyler Memorial Hospital near Tunkhannock went on strike hoping to bring awareness to what they say are unfair conditions. They say they have been without a contract since February and staffing issues are beginning to affect patient care.
To put it simply, the hospital has broken the law. They are bargaining in bad faith there, and they re not bargaining fairly. They re giving us the runaround at this point now that our contract has expired. They re only offering us maybe one day a month to come to the table to try to negotiate a fair contract, said Danielle Adams, a worker at Tyler Memorial Hospital. ....

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