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Help promote the new, AFT-paid trauma counseling benefit and help your members move forward from covered personal and workplace traumas.

Check out our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the top issues members are asking about as your workplaces shift gears to meet the expected surge in demand for hospital services.

There is an FAQ page for members working at Kaiser Permanente and one for members working at PeaceHealth. We will keep them updated as the situation develops. Check back frequently for the most up-to-date information. Please continue to direct your questions and feedback to our covid19@ofnhp.org inbox.

Has COVID-19 impacted you or your loved ones?

• Have your hours been reduced or are you out of work?
• Are you struggling with childcare since the school closure went into effect?
• Is the stress, grief, and overwhelm getting to you?

You are not alone. Check out our relief resources and roundup of key links to stay up-to-date on COVID-19 related issues for healthcare workers.

The City Union of Baltimore is working to ensure that every member has the proper PPE required to do their job. After hearing from the membership who work at various worksites across the city, I know what it is you need, and I have been and will continue to fight like hell to ensure that you have the resources you need to do your job. Your calls and emails have not gone unnoticed.

MOU to Address COVID-19

MOU breakdown

Here is some information for our members regarding the states polices on COVID-19

1. Frequently Asked Questions

2. Building Entry Protocol 

3. Revised Flu/Pandemic Policy

Colleagues, 

Harrisburg, PA, Thursday, March 19, 2020— AFT Pennsylvania President Arthur G. Steinberg, on Thursday, issued the following statement after it was announced that the Pennsylvania Department of Education is cancelling statewide assessments, often referred to as “standardized tests”:

I want to personally thank all of you for your courage and resolve. We’ve seen teachers and para-educators scramble to build remote learning programs out of thin air in a matter of hours. Food service workers and custodians are risking their own health to ensure children don’t go hungry. Nurses continue to sacrifice to ensure their patients get quality care. I don’t know where our state would be without your dedicated perseverance.