SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania

06/17/2026

Pittsburgh's largest NICU should be following nationally accredited, evidence-based staffing standards.

More than three decades of research from AWHONN shows that meeting evidence-based staffing standards in perinatal units improves birthing and health outcomes for mothers and infants.

The nurses and advanced practitioners at Magee believe every birthing person in Pittsburgh, regardless of where they deliver or where their infant gets treatment, should have access to evidence-based care.

That's why, as part of ongoing union negotiations, nurses and advanced practitioners have proposed AWHONN staffing standards for all perinatal units at Magee hospital.

UPMC has the resources to invest in this standard of care, and nurses believe doing so will have a positive impact on women's and family health across the region.

06/16/2026

UPMC Magee-Womens was the most profitable individual hospital in Pennsylvania last year according to the most recent hospital fiscal transparency report from the Pennsylvania Healthcare Cost Containment Council.

This news comes as Magee nurses and advanced practitioners — who formed their union last fall — are negotiating their first contract with the hopes of elevating patient care and making nursing a more sustainable profession.

“The 1,000 nurses and advanced practitioners at Magee take deep pride in the success of our hospital, and call on UPMC to use our immense profits — which we helped generate — to invest in evidence-based, national staffing standards. These standards are urgently needed to address the infant and maternal health crisis, and the crisis facing the nursing profession.”

Nearly 60% of Pennsylvania hospitals maintained operating margins above 4% in 2025, though southwestern region hospitals outperformed statewide averages.

06/08/2026

Our Town Hall to FREEZE Healthcare Costs was POWERFUL! Make your voice heard: AffordableCareForNepa.org/TakeAction

06/04/2026

"The study by Penn Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research in Philadelphia found that capping the number of patients that a nurse cares for at any one time at 4-to-1 would reduce hospital stays in Pennsylvania by 70,000 days annually...

Each additional patient per nurse was associated with higher odds of dying — 8% higher odds of death within 30 days of leaving the hospital — 4% higher odds of being readmitted and longer hospital stays."

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Minimum nursing staffing standards save lives and money, according to a new study, adding fuel to contract talks at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, where safe...

06/03/2026

06/03/2026

Yesterday, we stood with a coalition of organizations from across PA and said what so many healthcare workers know firsthand: When healthcare is underfunded, the quality of care suffers.

"The people I work with every day cannot afford more cuts. Ordinary people already carry enough of the load. It's time for the wealthiest corporations in the world to help carry it too."

- Neal | RN, SEIU HCPA union rep, and Marine Corps veteran

We're calling on PA lawmakers to pass the Digital Ad Tax on Big Tech. Google, Meta, Amazon, and TikTok make billions of dollars targeting Pennsylvanians with digital ads. They should pay their fair share so our communities have the resources we need to fund quality care.

Learn more at www.taxbillionairespa.org

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06/02/2026

Over a hundred union healthcare workers and our union siblings are in Harrisburg to talk to elected leaders about taxing billionaires to fund healthcare. Nursing home workers are also fired up to call for predictable funding for nursing homes and support for the Nursing Home Accountability Act, which would bring PA closer to states with strong ownership regulations like Ohio and Virginia 💪