Nurses, staff notify Temple of plans for Oct. 6 strike

Source: Metro Philadelphia

By Jack Tomczuk
Posted on September 24, 2025

Temple University Hospital nurses, techs and other healthcare professionals are planning to initiate a five-day strike beginning Oct. 6, unless negotiations advance toward a new collective bargaining agreement.

The Temple University Hospital Nurses Association and Temple Allied Professionals delivered strike notices to hospital leaders and human resources officials Wednesday. Federal labor laws require healthcare worker unions to issue the warnings at least 10 days prior to a work stoppage.

TUHNA and TAP represent more than 2,600 employees, primarily at Temple’s main medical center on North Broad Street and the new Women & Families Hospital in Northwood. The strike would also impact about 40 staffers who are based in the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Jeanes Hospital in Burholme.

Union members intend to walk off the job at 7 a.m. Monday, Oct. 6, and return to their duties on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 11, according to TUHNA and TAP representatives.


Temple University Hospital nurses, techs and health professionals participate in an ‘information picket’ Wednesday, Sept. 10.
JACK TOMCZUK / METRO FILE

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