Notice of 2021 Nominations and Election of HPAE Local 5089 Officers - Health Professionals & Allied Employees

Notice of 2021 Nominations and Election of HPAE Local 5089 Officers

The Nominations/Election Committee announces that there are eleven (11) local officer positions that are up for election this year as well as Representative positions.  The officer positions are President, four (4) Vice Presidents for University Hospital, one (1) Vice President for RBHS, one (1) Vice President for UCHC, Secretary, Treasurer and one (1) Grievance Chairperson Rutgers and one (1) Grievance Chairperson University Hospital  The nomination committee is currently accepting nominations for these positions.

POSITIONS:

  • One (1) President
  • Four (4) Vice Presidents for University Hospital
  • One (1) Vice President for RBHS
  • One (1) Vice President for UCHC
  • One (1) Secretary
  • One (1) Treasurer
  • One (1) Grievance Chairperson Rutgers
  • One (1) Grievance Chairperson University Hospital

(Job descriptions can be found in your Local Constitution and By-Laws.)

TERM OF OFFICE: Completion of election through December 31, 2023.

NOMINATIONS PROCEDURE: Candidates must obtain ten percent of membership or twenty (25) signatures from fellow members in good standing, whichever number is less. Number of signatures needed is listed on the nomination form.   Attached you will find a copy of the Nomination Petition Form.  This form must be complete, including all signatures to be valid. Candidates must confirm forms are received by committee by nomination closing date.

Return completed form to HPAE Local 5089 Nominations and Elections, P.O. Box 119, Emerson, New Jersey 07630 or email it to Localelections@hpae.org .  Union office phone number (201) 262-5005.

DO NOT PLACE FORM IN UNION MAILBOX.

Download the Nomination Form here.

NOMINATIONS DEADLINE:  10:00 a.m. on December 8, 2021

ELECTION DATE:  Ballots to be mailed to all members in April.  If it is an uncontested election, the committee will cast one ballot on behalf of the slate, in which case no ballots will be sent. Candidates may review membership lists and be present for the mailing of the ballots which will be done by the American Arbitration Association (AAA).

ELIGIBILITY:  Any HPAE Local 5089 member in good standing is eligible to run for office, they must be a member for a period of six months prior to date of election.

HPAE LOCAL 5089 NOMINATIONS/ELECTION COMMITTEE: Marie Lafortune, Lafortunemm@yahoo.com , Ivette Salgado salgadoirette@gmail.com , and Jeffrey Ball (HPAE Staff Representative, (jball@hpae.org)