Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Tentative deal announced by union, Pa. nursing home company; strikes loom at other facilities

Guardian Healthcare and the SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania labor union reached a tentative agreement that will avoid a strike at company facilities, according to a joint statement released Monday.

Bargaining committees made up of facility workers unanimously recommended the new deal “because of statewide wage scales and affordable health care,” the statement reads. The tentative agreement, expected to be ratified this week, covers more than 1,200 employees at 18 facilities owned by Guardian.

Union nurses and other organized staff announced last week that strikes would begin Friday at 10 facilities owned by Guardian, nine owned by Priority Healthcare, four owned by Comprehensive Healthcare Management Services and one owned by Shenandoah Heights Healthcare.

With the tentative deal in place, strikes at the Guardian facilities are off, according to a joint statement.

The statement said negotiations continue with Comprehensive and Priority but there is no indication strikes were averted at facilities owned by those companies.

The union accused the companies of unfair labor practices amid contract negotiations.

Guardian employees impacted by the tentative deal work at the following facilities: Beaver Valley Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Beaver Falls; Belair Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Lower Burrell; Clarion Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Clarion; Guardian Elder Care at Nanticoke; Haida Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Hastings; Kinzua Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Warren; Meadowcrest Health & Rehab, Bethel Park; Meadowview Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Montrose; Meyersdale Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Meyersdale; Oil City Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Oil City; Richland Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Johnstown; Riverside Rehabilitation & Nursing, Taylor; Titusville Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Titusville; Uniontown Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Uniontown; Walnut Creek Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Erie; Waynesburg Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Waynesburg; Western Reserve Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Erie; William Penn Healthcare & Rehabilitation, Lewistown.

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