Barnabas Partnership Update
With the Rutgers, Rutgers Health Group and RWJ Barnabas Health partnership scheduled to go into to effect on July 1, 2018, our union, HPAE, along with our union coalition partners, continue to be very concerned.
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Come out for a Workers' Memorial Day, Sunday, April 22 in New Brunswick
Sunday, April 22, HPAE will be participating at a Workers Memorial Day in New Brunswick, from 1 pm to 3 pm, at the Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple, 222 Livingstone Avenue.
HPAE Local 5089 University Hospital ratification vote & membership meeting, May 2
On Friday April 13th, the HPAE Local 5089 Negotiating Committee was able to reach a tentative agreement that guarantees every member will receive a wage increase while strengthening our rights as union members.
University Hospital, others actively fighting trauma designation for Trinitas
Taken from ROI-NJ, April 18, 2018 By Anjalee Khemlani Officials at University Hospital in Newark, as well as more than a dozen elected officials in the Newark/Essex County area, are actively fighting the attempt by Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth to become a Level
Local 5030 Palisades Members Participate in Community Day of Action at St Mary's in West New York
Close to 50 blood pressure checks were performed and food was distributed to community members at St Mary’s Catholic Church in West New York.
Local 5094 UH members: Membership Meetings & Ratification Vote, April 27
Please make sure you attend one of the sessions to learn about the details and then vote on the new contract. Remember - only members can attend & vote!
Legislative updates on issues that matter to HPAE and you
The following four pieces of legislation have passed both the Senate and Assembly and await Governor Murphy’s signature.
HPAE Local 5030/Palisades to Hold a Community Day of Action, Tuesday, April 17
RN’s along with CNA’s from HPAE Local 5030 are holding a Community Day of Action by offering health screenings to those in the community that are in need of assistance.
HPAE United at Rutgers Negotiations Update
All three locals have now had their first negotiations session with management.
Contract, tuition, wage rally at Rutgers
More than 400 Rutgers University faculty, staff and students rallied outside the Board of Governors (BOG) meeting Tuesday, while dozens more inside petitioned the governing body directly in hopes of securing fair union contracts, a freeze on tuition and a $15-per-hour minimum
HPAE nurses head to US Virgin Islands for health screenings of students following hurricanes
On Sunday, a group of more than two dozen nurses affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers, including several Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE) nurses living and working New Jersey, headed to the U.S. Virgin Islands...
Students, Faculty and Staff Rally for Fairness At Rutgers: Call on Board of Governors for union contracts, more equitable campus
Calling for fair union contracts, a freeze on tuition and a $15-per-hour minimum wage on campus, more than 400 Rutgers faculty, staff and students rallied outside the Board of Governors (BOG) meeting...