200 jobs to be cut at Tenet hospitals

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Tenet Healthcare Corp. will layoff 200 workers at four of the eight Philadelphia area hospitals it has acquired from Allegheny. Most of the reduction will be from housekeeping, food services and other support staff.. The cuts were precipitated by a drop in patient volume which is not expected to recover.

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Tenet Healthcare Corp. will layoff 200 workers at four of the eight Philadelphia area hospitals it has acquired from Allegheny.

Tenet Healthcare Corp., THC

Hospitals bracing for strike Saturday

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Four Philadelphia hospitals are threatening strike action due to breakdown in labor contract negotiations. They are Hahnemann University Hospital, Children's Hospital , Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital.

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Children's Hospital Pittsburgh

Lionville firm will lay off 200 in cutback

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West Pharmaceutical Services Inc. (Lionville, PA) will close two Puerto Rican plants and an office in Cleveland to cut costs and streamline its operations.

Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing, Plant shutdown, Drugs, Puerto Rico, West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.