It's the biggest labor issue in Delaware County, and tonight the strike looming over Crozer-Chester Medical Center will be front and center on our live-stream Internet broadcast, 'Live From the Newsroom.'
The 600 nurses, members of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals union, has indicated they will walk off the job for two days starting Sunday morning.
The nurses have been in talks with the Crozer since April, but have failed to reach an agreement on the key issue, staffing at the facility.
PASNAP says the facility is dangerously under-staffed; Crozer vehemently disagrees. Sessions with a federal mediator this week have failed to reach an accord.
Tonight we will be joined by the head of the nurses union, as well as two nurses who actually man the sprawling medical center, one of the biggest employers in the county.
Bill Cruice, PASNAP Executive Director, will explain why the nurses will be walking off the job on Sunday morning, how long they will be out, and the company's response, which could mean nurses are actually off the job even longer. Also on hand tonight will be two Crozer RNs, Mary Trzeciak and Katie Eppehimer.
Unfortunately, our invitation to Crozer to have a spokesman join us has been declined.
If you have a question you'd like the panel to answer, email it to me at editor@delcotimes.com.
Then join us tonight at 7 on DelcoTimes.com as we talk about a possible strike at one of the region's biggest medical centers.
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