Taken from The New Jersey Law Journal, February 21, 2018 Bergen County has agreed to pay just over $1 million to settle a federal civil rights suit by eight county employees who claimed they lost their jobs for supporting the
The U.S. Supreme Court soon will be the stage of one of the most consequential fights in the history of the American worker.
Members took action on safe staffing at Palisades Medical Center on Tuesday, February 21 after management failed to follow through on a commitment to create 134 new positions made to the union during the last cycle of negotiations.
Safe Staffing—Safe Work CE Class HPAE—Palisades, Local Number 5030 2 classes offered February 28th, 2018, 1:00pm to 2:30pm or 3:30pm to 5pm Homewood Suites 10 The Promenade, Edgewater Short staffing affects every aspect of healthcare worker and patient safety. Healthcare, the
Our last bargaining session with the hospital representatives was on February 5. We gave them a comprehensive proposal which includes all of our outstanding issues. The employer will respond to our proposals at our next bargaining session on March 9.
HPAE Local 5004 held a Negotiation Symposium on February 15th at Maggiano’s on Riverside Square in Hackensack. It focused mainly on the importance of member involvement in the upcoming negotiations with special emphasis on establishing a communications network. Flowing from
MEMBERS MADE THEIR VOICE HEARD AT NEGOTIATIONS! Close to 20 nurses from both West Orange and Englewood came to make their voices heard at negotiations on Monday February 12th. Nurses spoke out about visits being assigned to tablets late in
HPAE Local 5186 RNs are mobilizing to protect patient and worker safety standards as they prepare for contract negotiations with Carepoint Health. On Friday February 9th, close to 200 members met to discuss our union’s preparation for upcoming contract negotiations.
Nurses caring for patients at the bedside have a voice in their workplace when they are unionized. As the state’s largest healthcare union, HPAE represents 13,000 healthcare workers in hospitals, nursing homes, addiction treatment centers, health clinics, research labs and
On Monday, February 5th, University Hospital invited representatives from HPAE, CWA, Teamsters, Operating Engineers, and CIR to a special meeting in an effort to maintain an open line of communication related to security. The concerns around security peaked last November
Are you a recently retired member of HPAE? Do you plan to retiree within the next five years? You are invited to join us on Thursday, March 1, 2018 for a meeting of the HPAE Council of Retirees. You’ll meet
On Wednesday, February 7, HPAE members and Rutgers Union Coalition partners joined forces at February meeting of the Rutgers Board of Governors. HPAE, along with its coalition partners, has asked Rutgers for dates to begin bargaining to which Rutgers has