About 2,200 resident physicians at Temple University Health System and Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals announced Thursday that they ratified their first contracts since voting to unionize. The contract ratifications come after residents from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Jefferson, Temple and Einstein Healthcare Network mounted a joint unionization campaign in November 2024. Temple and Jefferson residents are the first among that group to ratify contracts. With the addition of Temple and Jefferson's residents, about 86% of resident physicians in the greater Philadelphia area are now covered by CIR-SEIU collective bargaining agreements. A Jefferson Health spokesperson confirmed the contract with its resident physicians was ratified in June.