Nurses, Virtua Mount Holly Hospital reach deal, ending strike threat
Nurses at Virtua Mount Holly have reached an agreement with the hospital, ending the threat of a strike.
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Nurses vote to strike at NJ rehab facility for better patient ratios
About 70 nurses are threatening to go on strike at a large North Jersey rehabilitation center and nursing home in a move to force management to provide better staff-to-patient ratios, union leaders said on Tuesday, May 19.
HRH cancels NJDOH’s Heights hospital hearing with last-minute court injunction
The defendants, State of New Jersey, the NJDOH, and Acting Health Commissioner Raynard Washington, must file a written response to the order to show cause by May 14th, which the plaintiff, HUH, can oppose written opposition to by May 19th.
Nearly 200 N.J. health care workers vote to unionize, citing unrealistic workloads
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
‘We want Mikie Sherrill to save our hospital.’ N.J. community’s final rallying cry for health care.
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 losing 1 of its 2 emergency rooms. Where will patients in crisis go?
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.
Statement of Debbie White, RN, President NJ Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee Thursday, February 12, 2026 In Support of A.4070, the “Privacy Protection Act”
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.
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HPAE Local 5105 Nurses win Historic Labor Agreement to Give Burlington County Patients Access to Safe Staffing
HPAE Virtua-Mount Holly Nurses have reached an agreement with Virtua Health on a new contract that includes the strongest enforceable staffing language ever achieved in an HPAE contract...
Virtua Hospital Members Hit Pause on Strike
After meeting with the employer, the bargaining committee made a decision to delay the strike and go back to the table tomorrow.
Virtua Hospital Nurses to Begin ULP Strike on June 16
After bargaining for 21 hours with Virtua last night, HPAE Local 5105 nurses have handed in a strike notice to the employer.
HPAE Virtua Hospital Members Announce Historic Strike Authorization Vote; Tell Elected Leaders at Town Hall they Need Enforceable Safe Staffing
HPAE Local 5105 nurses were joined by elected leaders and community members at a Town Hall Monday night to urge Virtua Health to agree to enforceable safe staffing ratios in their union contract.
HPAE Members Vote to Authorize Strike at Phoenix Center
HPAE Local 5107 members at Phoenix Center for Rehabilitation & Pediatrics have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike if bargaining continues to show little progress.
HPAE to hold a Virtua Memorial Hospital Safe Staffing Saves Lives Town Hall
Elected leaders and community members will join HPAE President Debbie White, RN, and HPAE Local 5105 nurses at a 6 p.m. Town Hall on Monday, May 18, 2026, to discuss bargaining Safe Staffing ratios...
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