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On Thursday, Union Healthcare Workers Across PA Will Join Nationwide Protest Demanding PPE

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Following social distancing guidelines, SEIU Healthcare PA workers in the Reading and Lehigh Valley areas will join a national day of action to demand masks, gowns, protective gear in largest-ever one-day protest amid COVID-19 crisis

READING/LEHIGH VALLEY — Frontline hospital and nursing home workers in Reading, Allentown, Bangor, East Stroudsburg, Cedarbrook, and Easton will join the #GetMePPE National Day of Action on Thursday, April 9 — the largest ever one-day protest by healthcare workers during the COVID-19 crisis.

Workers are set to demand the federal government deploy its full force and power to get more personal protective equipment in the hands of healthcare workers immediately.

WHO: Healthcare and nursing home workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis

WHAT: Socially-distanced worker protest to #GetMePPE Local locations below

WHEN: Thursday, April 9 – Approximately 3-4pm (times for Easton and LVHN-Pocono TBA)

WHERE:

  • Phoebe Home, 1925 W Turner St, Allentown, PA 18104

  • Spruce Manor, 220 s. 4th ave. Reading PA 19611

  • Easton Hospital, 250 S 21st St, Easton, PA 18042

  • Lehigh Valley Hospital – Pocono, 206 E Brown St, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301

  • Slate Belt Health & Rehab, 701 Slate Belt Blvd, Bangor, PA 18013

  • Cedarbrook Nursing Home, 350 S Cedarbrook Rd, Allentown, PA 18104

The healthcare workers leading the #GetMePPE National Day of Action are members of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania, state’s largest and fastest-growing union of nurses and healthcare workers. Frontline caregivers are at the epicenter of fighting coronavirus in our country’s hospitals, nursing homes, care facilities, and client homes and they are putting their lives on the line without the protection they need.

Workers are calling on the Trump administration to drive a coordinated, transparent national response — using the full power of the Defense Production Act — to immediately, and for the duration of the crisis, procure, produce, and provide PPE to all healthcare workers. They are also calling for healthcare coverage, paid sick time, and paid leave for all frontline workers nationwide.

SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania is the state’s largest and fastest-growing union of nurses and healthcare workers, uniting nearly 45,000 nurses, professional and technical employees, direct care workers, and service employees in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, home and community- based services, and State facilities across the Commonwealth. SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania members are committed to improving the lives of health care workers and ensuring quality care and healthy communities for all Pennsylvanians.

 

Information provided to TVL by:
James Myers
Member Communications Specialist
SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania