New Leadership for HPAE Local 5112
Please join us in congratulating Wendy as our new HPAE Local 5112 President as she will be working with Elaine Blake, the HPAE Local 5112 Secretary and Valerie Hamer is the Grievance Chair.
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Tentative Agreement Reached!
Because of all the solidarity you have shown in this fight over the past several months, we have reached a tentative agreement with the hospital!
Healthcare workers respond to vaccine mandates in their facilities
The mandate issued by Governor Murphy yesterday does not change our response to the issue of mandatory vaccination. As a union, we have the right to bargain our hours, wages and working conditions and this is no different.
Local 5004 Merger Update, August 5, 2021
The New Jersey Supreme Court granted the Federal Trade Commission’s request to for a preliminary injunction of the merger between Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) and Englewood Health.
Local 5089 UH Negotiations Kickoff Meeting, Wednesday, August 18
HPAE will present a list of contract issues that will be presented to UH in our upcoming negotiations of the Agreement which is scheduled to expire on 9/30/21.
As delta variant spreads, so does risk to workers
So far in 2021, the New Jersey offices of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration have conducted 32 COVID-19-related fatality and catastrophe inspections, according to Joanna Hawkins, a spokeswoman for the agency.
NJ health care workers required to get COVID vaccines by Sept. 7 — or test weekly
Every health care worker in New Jersey's private and public health care facilities, along with those who work at state prisons and county jails, will be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Sept. 7, or get tested once or
HPAE Statement on Gov. Murphy mandating healthcare workers vaccination
HPAE supports the Governor's decision to create a pathway to increase vaccination rates while enforcing routine testing of those who are not able to be vaccinated.
August 2nd Deadline for Covid Vaccine Mandate is Fast Approaching
HPAE would like to remind everyone that the deadline to either initiate vaccination, provide proof of vaccination for Covid or be granted a medical or religious accommodation is Monday, August 2nd.
Mandatory Vaccine Update, July 30, 2021
The Coalition of Rutgers Unions (CRU) has met with Rutgers (RU) this week to negotiate over the impact of the mandatory vaccination policy. We will continue to negotiate on Monday. The CRU asked many questions, some of which RU clarified.
HPAE Local 5621 News, July, 2021
Our HPAE State Convention is going to be October 6th & 7th. Normally we would be meeting in Atlantic City for the occasion, but this year it will be held virtually. The convention committee has been working hard to make
NJ health care unions say yes to COVID vaccines, but call mandating them a step too far
The union members have seen the deadly effects of COVID-19 up close, and many became infected themselves earlier in the pandemic. But compulsory vaccination is a step too far, union leaders say.