An overwhelming majority of 2,600 nurses, techs, and healthcare professionals at Temple University Hospital have voted to authorize a strike, signaling their readiness to fight for patient safety and their future. This strike authorization impacts nurses, techs, and professionals at Temple Main and at the Women & Families Hospital. What they're saying:Marty Harrison, RN, president of the Temple University Hospital Nurses Association, highlighted the discrepancy between Temple's financial claims and its spending in a press release Friday. We have to be able to retain our skilled experienced staff and recruit new staff to Temple’s flagship hospital here on Broad Street." "We have a healing mission," said PASNAP President Maureen May, RN, a longtime Temple University Hospital Mother/Baby Nurse who now practices in Temple’s new Women & Families Hospital.