Overview
- The PASNAP-represented workforce at Butler Memorial Hospital plans a five-day walkout from May 19 to May 24 over a stalled first contract.
- The unit covers 235 front-line staff, including surgical techs, respiratory therapists, licensed practical nurses, and radiology techs.
- After the 10-day strike notice required for healthcare facilities, hospital leaders said the window is too short to resolve complex issues and postponed a bargaining session to plan contingency staffing.
- Management has since offered a new wage proposal that the union is reviewing, but leaders say pay tied to recruitment and retention, safe staffing rules, and limits on health cost increases remain unsettled.
- Independence Health says it will bargain in good faith and ensure uninterrupted care, while union members cite turnover and higher pay at UPMC and AHN as pressure to improve wages and staffing.