Taken from NJ.com By Jackie Roman | NJ.com | Mar. 24, 2026 Nearly 200 employees who work at Inspira Health and Samaritan Healthcare and Hospice voted to unionize earlier this month, according to labor officials. The workers cited increasing workloads and
After more than a century in operation, the ER faces the same fate as the hospital itself, which filed a Certificate of Need for Closure in November 2025 in the face of what owners described as multi-million dollar losses.
Jersey City is less than two weeks away from losing one of its two emergency rooms, leaving hospitals around Hudson County bracing for increased demand.
This legislation is necessary as we are witnessing federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ... who have demonstrated a troubling pattern of violence, harassment, intimidation and unlawful detention of across the country.
Heights University Hospital in Jersey City could shutter within a matter of days after its owner Hudson Regional Health filed a request with the state to close the 153-year-old facility.
A Jersey City hospital will close its doors after 152 years of service after failing to get millions in support from the government, its parent company announced Friday.
About 160 workers at Samaritan Healthcare & Hospice, Inc. have voted by overwhelming margin to join New Jersey's largest healthcare union, the Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE).
Hudson Regional Health has notified their employees of their intent to close Christ Hospital, renamed Heights University Hospital, by 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 28, 2026.
Registered Nurses at United Methodist Communities facilities, members of HPAE Local 5107, have ratified a new contract that makes major progress on wages, benefits, safety, staffing, and workplace protections.
HPAE petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for union recognition on behalf of workers last year.
We stand in solidarity with the NYSNA nurses as they advocate for safe staffing and safer working conditions.
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