Help Get Out the Vote, Support HPAE-Endorsed Candidates…And Other HPAE News
November 3, 2016
Support HPAE-Endorsed Candidates
With the November 8th election only five days away, we encourage members to help get out the vote for HPAE-endorsed candidates in federal, state, county and local election races in New Jersey and Pennsylvania who are on the side of health care workers and patients and support workers’ rights.
HPAE Holds Second Annual Leadership Development Program
Over 20 HPAE local Presidents and LEB members attended the second annual HPAE Leadership Development Program at Rutgers University’s Labor Education Center in New Brunswick, NJ this Tuesday and Wednesday.
Nursing Conference to be Held December 1, 2
Join Jobs With Justice, the Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations, and a coalition of labor and community organizations to share workplace best practices with nurses from across the United States.The two-day conference will highlight important topics such as Building Stronger Unions, Healthcare Industry Consolidation, Community Campaigns and Coalition Building, Health and Safety, and more.
N.J. public worker pension fund now the weakest in U.S., report says
New Jersey’s distressed government worker pension system is now the worst funded in the U.S., according to a report by Bloomberg. The public pension fund has languished near the bottom, but has now dropped below Kentucky and Illinois for last place, according to the report.
This Week in U.S. Labor History: Steelworkers Win Strike at Bridgestone-Firestone
After a struggle lasting more than two years, 6,000 Steelworkers members at Bridgestone/Firestone win a settlement in which strikers displaced by scabs got their original jobs back. The fight started when management demanded that the workers accept 12-hour shifts – November 4, 1996
Read about other important struggles and events in U.S. labor history which occurred from October 31 to November 6, provided by Union Communication Services (UCS).
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