Pittsburgh votes to expand hospital chain that won’t let workers unionize
UPMC to build a luxury hospital in the city’s Uptown neighborhood at the expense of Pittsburgh’s vulnerable residents. ELHAM KHATAMI JUL 31, 2018, 4:28 PM Pittsburgh City Council voted Tuesday to approve a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) plan to build a vision and rehabilitation center in the city’s Uptown neighborhood, part of a Read More
Opponents of UPMC pack Pittsburgh City Council hearing on health system’s $2B expansion
EMAIL NEWSLETTERS Sign up for one of our email newsletters. More than 100 union members, community activists and public officials urged Pittsburgh City Council on Tuesday to oppose UPMC’s plans for a vision and rehabilitation hospital at its Mercy complex in Uptown. UPMC needs council’s approval to build the hospital, part of a $2 billion expansion Read More
Pittsburgh City Council withholds approval of UPMC’s expansion plan after a four-hour hearing
Pittsburgh City Council’s hearing on UPMC’s $2 billion expansion plan, which had 160 speakers registered and more in attendance, adjourned on Tuesday after four hours with no vote. Council president Bruce Kraus and the majority of council members said they would not support UPMC’s plan until there was a community benefits agreement [CBA] in place. Read More
ommunity groups want UPMC to keep them in mind as they plan $2 billion expansion
PITTSBURGH — Groups protesting Tuesday say they’re not against the $2 billion expansion announced by UPMC last November, they’re against not being consulted about it. UPMC’s expansion would build three additional hospitals in Pittsburgh; specifically, in Oakland, Shadyside and Uptown. Advertisement At a planning commission meeting Tuesday, specifically for the expansion of UPMC Mercy, over Read More
Hearing held to discuss UPMC’s $2 billion dollar expansion plan
PITTSBURGH – UPMC is getting an earful from community members as it plans a massive expansion. City council chambers in the City-County Building were packed on Tuesday as more than dozens of people signed up to speak at a hearing discussing UPMC’s $2 billion expansion plan. “This is going to be a tremendous opportunity,” said Read More
The concerns behind pricey hospital projects
Bob Herman Nov 9 The UPMC health system in Pittsburgh said this week it will spend $2 billion to build three new, glitzy specialty hospitals that focus on treating specific diseases. But UPMC’s plan, and other similar hospital system investments, raises concerns about whether hospital organizations that hold a lot of financial and political power Read More
Money Matters: From Act 47 to UPMC, mayoral candidates sound off on city’s financial state The city’s financial picture has improved, but the new mayor will have plenty of work to do
by Charlie Deitch Before he stopped running for re-election in March, Mayor Luke Ravenstahl spent a lot of time touting the city’s current financial picture — and his role in fixing it. And in some ways, the city’s financial picture has improved since he took office in 2006. The city’s debt has been cut from more than Read More
Judge rules UPMC’s email policy violated labor law
By Alex Nixon Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Thursday, April 25, 2013, 12:51 p.m. UPMC violated federal labor law by preventing its employees from using the hospital network’s computer systems for union-organizing activities, a Pittsburgh administrative law judge ruled. Judge David Goldman ordered UPMC to end a policy meant to keep workers from using email and social media websites to Read More
UPMC to reduce hiring pace and reorganize staff with reimbursements expected to be cut
By Luis Fábregas Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Saturday, April 20, 2013 In a move to slash costs, UPMC plans to reorganize its workforce and will cut hiring by up to 2,000 workers this year, a spokesman said Friday. “Our growth pace has been very aggressive and we’re just reducing that rapid pace,” UPMC spokesman Paul Wood told the Read More
Chelsa Wagner: UPMC is different from other charities
April 17, 2013 12:05 am I understand some charities are concerned about the challenge of UPMC’s tax status. The truth is, our charities have nothing to worry about. This challenge has to do with whether UPMC meets the definition of a charity established by the state constitution and Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. A number of Read More
