HPAE Demands Strong Standards for Contract with New BRMC Operator…And Other HPAE News
August 11, 2016
Local 5091 Urges Freeholders to Set Strong Standards in Choosing New Hospital Operator
HPAE Local 5091 officers (see photo above) attended a Bergen County Freeholders’ meeting last night to deliver hundreds of signatures on a petition calling on the freeholders to set strong standards in choosing a new operator at their hospital, Bergen Regional Medical Center. Local 5091 President Jeff Peck urged the freeholders not to repeat the mistake that was made 18 years ago when the County selected the current operator, Solomon (Bergen Regional Medical Center LP), to operate the hospital.
Local 5091 Members at BRMC Vote to Join HPAE’s Retiree Medical Program
When the ballots were counted by the American Arbitration Association on Monday, the results were clear: by very strong majorities the members of both the RN and non-nursing bargaining units of Local 5091 at Bergen Regional Medical Center (BRMC) voted to participate in the HPAE Retiree Medical Trust.
Forum to Address Next Steps for the Healthcare Reform Movement
NJ For Healthcare is sponsoring a forum on Friday, September 9th on “Building a Consumer Health Care Movement: 2017 and Beyond.” At the forum, community activists, labor union representatives, and healthcare experts will discuss the next steps for achieving universal healthcare while lowering costs for the consumer. HPAE is a partner in NJ for Health Care and we encourage you to attend this important event.
Learn more about the forum and register on-line.
“Birth Tourism” Service Offered at Meadowlands Hospital
A company based in the Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center has been advertising online to Russian citizens, encouraging pregnant women to come to the Secaucus facility to give birth — a process that makes the baby automatically eligible for U.S. citizenship and connects the hospital to a growing and relatively unknown international phenomenon known as “birth tourism.”
This Week in U.S. Labor History
Hundreds of Transport Workers Union members descend on a New York City courthouse, offering their own money to bail out their president, Mike Quill, and four other union leaders arrested while making their way through Grand Central Station to union headquarters after picketing the Interborough Rapid Transit offices in lower Manhattan – August 10, 1935
Read about other important struggles and events in U.S. labor history which occurred from August 8 to August 14, provided by Union Communication Services (UCS).
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