Upcoming Events: May 28 – General Membership Meetings June 3 – Joint Training with Harborage Workers on the Hackensack/Palisades/Meridian Merger May 19, 2015 Local 5030 will be holding membership meetings on May 28 at the Homewood Suites Hotel. The agenda
Friday, May 22, 2015 Health care workers approved a new three year contract on Thursday with The Harborage nursing home located in North Bergen. The 150 health care workers represented by the Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE), the state’s
“ Friday, May 22, 2015 Health care workers approved a new three year contract on Thursday with The Harborage nursing home located in North Bergen. The 150 health care workers represented by the Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE), the
CALL (609) 777-2500 to urge Governor Christie to sign S1152 / A1319 S1152/A1319 would permit attending advanced practice nurses to determine cause of death and execute death certification of a patient if nurse is patient’s primary caregiver and if no
Taken from NJ Spotlight, February 10, 2015 Unions say it would improve patient safety, but hospital managers say they must have flexibility to assign staff to according to circumstances. Whether New Jersey hospitals should be required to have more nurses
“ By Ann Twomey, NJ.com OpEd, December 30, 2014 Whether the victim of a devastating car accident, a potential Ebola patient landing at Newark Liberty International Airport, or because of a ‘routine’ illness or surgery, when patients come through the
Taken from NJ.com, January 4, 2015 James Tedesco on Sunday pledged to transform Bergen Regional Medical Center, to reduce the 2015 county budget and bring high-speed wireless Internet to low-income Bergen County students. Tedesco was sworn in Sunday as Bergen
Friday, November 14, 2014 After voting to unionize in October with the Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE), Registered Nurses at Inspira Medical Center-Woodbury elected a negotiating committee of 20 RNs to bargain a first collective bargaining agreement with hospital
“ Newark Star Ledger, October 28, 2014 We are relieved that Governor Christie has freed Kaci Hickox from her inhumane and possibly illegal confinement to a tent behind Newark’s University Hospital. Ms. Hickox, a heroic nurse and epidemiologist, returned to
“ NJ’s nurses and healthcare workers stand ready to meet the needs of our patients and communities in minimizing risk and exposure due to the Ebola Virus. To do that, nurses and healthcare workers need be confident that our hospitals,