March 10, 2016
HPAE Lobby Day Set for May 16
We’ll be going back to Trenton on May 16 with our allies in the labor movement and in the community to advocate with state legislators for safe staffing legislation and other key issues. Last year, over 200 HPAE members and staff participated in the annual Lobby Day event.
Read about Lobby Day 2015.
Inspira Nurses Meet with Sweeney Staff to Discuss Staffing, Other Key Issues
As contract negotiations near for Registered Nurses at all of the Inspira hospitals in south Jersey, HPAE Vice President Bernie Gerard and nurses from Inspira Locals 5131 and 5621 met with staff from State Senate President Stephen Sweeney’s office to discuss working conditions and patient care issues at Inspira.
Read more here.
News of Interest for HPAE Members
Check out our compilation of articles this week about the health care industry, politics, and the labor movement, including efforts to avoid a New Jersey Transit strike set for March 13 and a report on the 13th Annual Women in Leadership Development (WILD) Conference, held in New Brunswick.
Read more here.
This Week in U.S. Labor History
United Farm Workers leader César Chávez breaks a 24-day fast, by doctor’s order, at a mass in Delano, California’s public park. Several thousand supporters are at his side, including Sen. Robert Kennedy. Chavez called it “a fast for non-violence and a call to sacrifice” – March 10, 1968
Read about other important struggles and events in U.S. labor history which occurred from March 7 to March 13, provided by Union Communication Services (UCS).
Read more here.
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