Sunrise House employees vote to join labor union
The employees of Sunrise House -- a substance abuse treatment center affiliated with the national for-profit chain, American Addiction Centers -- have voted nearly 5 to 1 to join a labor union.
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HPAE Membership Meetings: CAB Friday, July 8 and CINJ Monday, July 11
HPAE Local 5089 and Local 5094 Upcoming Membership Meetings Friday, July 8, 2016New Brunswick – Clinical Academic Building Room 340412:00 pm – 1:00 pm 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Monday, July 11, 2016CINJ – 120 Albany St. 5th floor conference
N.J. public worker pension referendum moves closer to ballot
Taken from NJ.com, June 27, 2016 TRENTON — The state Assembly took its final step Monday toward placing a referendum on the fall ballot asking voters to commit to spending billions of dollars to repair the public worker pension system. With
Staff at Sunrise House Addiction Treatment Center Win the Right to a Vote to Join Union
June 17, 2016 Nurses, clinical staff and employees at Sunrise House, an addiction center affiliated with the national for-profit chain, American Addiction Centers, have been successful in winning the right to vote for union representation with HPAE, NJ’s largest union
Sunrise House workers launch drive to unionize
Sunrise House -- a 110-bed, for-profit substance abuse treatment center -- could see its approximately 125 workers vote to form a union in the next few weeks as the result of a petition filed on their behalf last week with
N.J. health officials say they have only some violence reports for Bergen Regional hospital
New Jersey health officials only have records for five of the eight alleged cases of workplace violence inside Bergen Regional Medical Center that were detailed in a federal report, the acting health commissioner told lawmakers on Monday. Acting state Health
HPAE Testimony in Favor of Raising the Minimum Wage for NJ Workers to $15 Over the Next 5 Years
Testimony of Bridget Devane, Public Policy Director, HPAE In Support of S15 Good morning. Thank you, Chairman Madden and members of the Committee and S15 sponsors Senator Vitale and Sweeney for the opportunity to testify in support of S15, which
Nurses and Healthcare Professionals call on University Hospital Board of Directors to settle contract for patient safety
November 10, 2015 Newark, NJ – With contracts at University Hospital expiring over one year ago, a group of 50 nurses and healthcare workers represented by the Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE) spoke out to the eleven members of
Local 5058 Contract Ratification and Other Local 5058 News
Members Ratify Contract Settlement November 3, 2015 Local 5058 members voted overwhelmingly yesterday to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement with Meridian Health. At the same time, Local 5138 members at Southern Ocean Medical Center voted in favor of their
Nurse strike averted? 2 hospitals reach deal
Taken from the Asbury Park Press, October 29 Meridian Health and the union representing 1,200 nurses at two of its Jersey Shore hospitals have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, the two sides said Thursday. The Health Professionals
Feds press Bergen Regional Medical Center to better protect staff from assaults
Taken from The Record, September 4, 2015 After at least eight employees were attacked this year by patients at Bergen Regional Medical Center — including being barricaded in a room — federal authorities are calling on the hospital to beef
AFT’s Weingarten on King v. Burwell
For immediate release: June 25, 2015 For more information, contact: Anna Oman, 301-979-5899 [email protected] WASHINGTON—Statement from American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten on the Supreme Court’s King v. Burwell decision. The AFT is the second-largest nurses union in the