In the past week, you may have received a letter from CarePoint management asking you to choose to leave the New Jersey State temporary disability plan. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO FILL THIS OUT.
Health-care and social-service workers are twice as likely to suffer an assault at work as those in other occupations, and the problem is getting worse.
The official results of the HPAE Local 5103 Officer Election have been tabulated by our Nomination and Election Committee and were certified by the committee on September 8, 2017 Click here for the election results. Congratulations to all the winners.
As many of you have read from John DiAngelo’s email last week, Inspira wants to institute a mandatory flu vaccine for everyone that works in the system. We were approached by the hospital about this last spring and immediately put
Thursday, August 31, 2017 This Labor Day weekend, the importance of public service work couldn’t be more clear as we see the images of the first responders, law enforcement, and healthcare workers trying desperately to save lives and property in
This week we met with management for our National Joint Leadership meeting (JLT) and we also had our National Labor Management meeting. At our JLT meeting management realized they need input from front line staff to make their business run
The state of Texas has been hit with an unprecedented and catastrophic hurricane, with record rainfall. Hurricane Harvey will continue to pour rain on already devastated communities in Texas for another few days. Homes, schools and communities will need our
Nominations for HPAE Local 5094 Officers and Representatives are closed and our election is now underway. Based on all the nominations received, the only contested position this year is for the Co-President assigned to the Rutgers-RBHS New Brunswick, Piscataway, Stratford
Most of you know that last February, Inspira tried to push forth an initiative to place the name and photo of the nurse in each patient room. This came about as a result of a staff nurse who trialed this
JFK Health in Edison, one of the last few remaining independent hospitals in New Jersey, will merge with one of the largest health provider chains in the state, according to an announcement by top officials at both nonprofit entities on
After nurses voted last week to authorize strikes at two Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) hospitals, the nurses called in a federal mediator to join bargaining this week. The authorization allows the negotiating committees for the nurses to send to HMH
Nurses bargaining for a new contract with their current employer, Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) voted at the end of last week to authorize their bargaining committee to conduct a strike or another form of concerted activity if they are unable