NJ may soon limit number of patients per nurse
New Jersey lawmakers have not been as quick to act as in California, where it is already law, or Massachusetts, where it will be a ballot initiative this fall.
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Contract Expires While Management Goes Home
After weeks of delays, management goes to bed while our contract expires.
Statement of Ann Twomey, HPAE President on Governor Murphy's Executive Order to Monitor University Hospital Friday, July 27, 2018
Nurses and health professionals at University Hospital have witnessed the erosion of funding for our state's only public Level 1 Trauma Center.
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A Michigan Judge issued a ruling late last week granting the American Federation of Teachers the right to discovery in an ongoing legal battle with Project Veritas, the sting group launched by conservative provocateur James O’Keefe.
ARC National Bargaining News: July 2018
As we reported in the last national bargaining update, the Union Coalition made a comprehensive economic counter-proposal to the American Red Cross at our last national bargaining session, June 19-21.
Newark Hospital No Longer Plans To Outsource Pediatrics: Reports
Administrators at New Jersey's largest public medical center, University Hospital, have put the brakes on a plan to transfer inpatient pediatric services across the city to the privately owned Newark Beth Israel Medical Center...
N.J. needs to limit the number of patients a nurse has - Editorial
Spend any time in a hospital and you soon come to realize that nurses are the true heroes of the place, and not just because they bring you an extra pillow or deliver much-needed pain meds.
Labor Unions Demand Transparency, Accountability of Rutgers-Barnabas Partnership
Faculty and health professionals from Rutgers Biomedical and Health Services (RBHS) petitioned the Rutgers Board of Governors (BOG) at a Special Meeting to directly ask the governing body for a memorandum of agreement with the unions ...
Nurses and Health Professionals Tell Hackensack Meridian – Fair Bargaining, Not Union-busting
HPAE requested a Federal Mediator to assist in scheduling bargaining dates before the end of July and attend the ongoing negotiations. The contract, covering nearly 1,100 workers at both facilities, now owned by Hackensack Meridian Health, expired on July 20.
Op-Ed: New Jersey Should Adopt Safe Nurse-To-Patient Limit
Having too few nurses working in healthcare facilities is to the detriment of patients and staff. Legislation to set reasonable ratio is proposed for NJ. It could save lives
The public hospital that wanted to cut pediatrics? People got mad. Now, that plan has changed.
University Hospital's plan to outsource its inpatient services for children to another Newark hospital is off the table for now, a spokesman confirmed Monday.
Newark hospital halts plans to reduce number of inpatient pediatric beds
University Hospital in Newark has put an indefinite hold on plans to reduce the number of beds in its inpatient pediatric unit by more than 80 percent after facing a wave of opposition ...