Nurses plan informational picketing Wednesday in Mercer, other Pa. state prisons
MERCER, PA. — Nurses at Pennsylvania state correctional institutions plan to have informational pickets Wednesday to protest the state’s plan to outsource their jobs.
A demonstration at SCI Mercer will take place from 1 to 4 p.m.
The state previously notified Service Employees International Union Healthcare Pennsylvania, the state’s largest nurse’s union, of its intent to outsource prison nursing jobs to a private contractor.
Some state officials may propose legislation later this week in an attempt to block the outsourcing.