Virtua Profile: Megan VonBerg
I have been working in Emergency Medical Services for three years, including the last two and half years at Virtua. The medical field is a passion of mine and I am hoping for a long career with Virtua once I
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Virtua Profile: James Minch
I have been in Emergency Medical Services for almost 20 years. I started at Lourdes and was employed there for about a year and then, after Virtua took over Lourdes, I have been employed by Virtua for an additional two
Virtua Profile: Helene Langston
I have been Emergency Medical Service for about 16 years and a Paramedic for six and half years. I am foremost a wife and mother. I have a 12-year-old son, a 4-year-old daughter and I am pregnant, and we are
Virtua Profile: Francis Pagurek
I have been in emergency medical services for 44 years, including 41 years as a paramedic. I have been with Virtua for 33 years. Once, when my father suffered cardiac arrest, I performed CPR on him before police and ambulance
Virtua Profile: Corry Van Elsland
I have been in emergency medical services for 16 years, including the last 13 years as a paramedic at Virtua. Simply put, I love to help. I want to make things better, I want to right the wrong, I want
We have a contract
This is an incredibly special moment in the history of our local. Our power was shown through our unity. Remember this moment, for it now is the benchmark by which we enforce our contract.
HPAE Statement on Tentative Contract Agreements
Ratification votes on the new contracts begin tonight with Englewood Registered Nurses voting until Noon on Wednesday, June 2. Cooper University Healthcare Registered Nurses will begin voting at 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 3. Palisades Medical Center healthcare workers will
Local 5030 Ratification Meeting Information & Tentative Agreement Summary
The Ratification Meeting will take place via Zoom and In-person on Tuesday, June 8 at 8AM, 1PM and 8PM. Please hold the date while we reserve a location.
Unions are horrified at the mask mandate rollback — and fear workers' lives are at risk again
On May 13, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted the indoor mask mandate for people who say they are vaccinated...Yet public health experts and unions alike were horrified.
Local 5004 Ratification Vote Instructions
Voting begins tonight for ratification of our new contract with Englewood Health. Below are links to a summary of the agreement, the full tentative agreement and updated wage scales with the new increases added in.
Local 5004 Membership Meetings, Tuesday, June 1 (Updated Zoom Info)
Ratification if we have reached a tentative agreement, it will be presented to members for a vote or Strike Preparation if we don’t have an agreement.
Local 5030 Bargaining Update, May 28
HMH continues to work slowly at the bargaining table, pushing to weaken our contract and lower the bar for our patients by proposing weaker floating standards, flexing, freezing our pension, and replacing across the board raises with merit raises.