Local 5621 News, January 19, 2020
We want to start by wishing everyone a Happy New Year. This past year has presented us with some increasing challenges and so far, the beginning of this year is predicting much of the same. But as always, if we
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Military medical team headed to N.J. hospital struggling with omicron, staff shortages
New Jersey’s only public acute-care hospital is among six around the country slated to receive a military medical team to help address a surge in COVID-19 patients and staff shortages.
Local 5185 Election Results
The American Arbitration Association (AAA) has conducted and tallied the Election of Officers for Local 5185. Thank you to all the members who participated in this important democratic process.
HPAE Local 5094 Message to Rutgers – We Are Filing a Class Action Grievance. It’s Past Time to Implement Remote Work
Almost two weeks ago we reached out to President Holloway and EVP Tony Calcado to call on Rutgers to immediately implement remote work for all members who can work remotely.
Health care workers are panicked as desperate hospitals ask infected staff to return
Hospitals and long-term care facilities are so short staffed that many are compelling Covid-positive doctors and nurses to return to work, arguing that bringing back asymptomatic or even symptomatic staff is the only way they can keep ...
Healthcare Workers Feel the Lash of Letting COVID
Donald Trump may have lost the election, but his laissez-faire worldview that believes commerce takes precedence over protecting workers’ health in the midst of a global pandemic has carried the day.
Health care workers struggle amid staffing shortage, COVID-19 surge and burnout
Hospitals are struggling to keep up staffing levels amid recent spikes in COVID-19-related hospitalizations and an exodus of nurses and other health care workers.
Weary nurses urge return to public-health mandates as omicron peaks
Hospitals in New Jersey have been struggling with staffing shortages for weeks. Patient numbers have grown quickly and the omicron variant has infected record numbers of workers, thinning their ranks at the bedside and behind the scenes.
Local 5094 Child Health Unit Membership Meetings - Tuesday, 1/11, at 1:00 PM and Wednesday, 1/12 at 6:30 PM
You are invited to a Local 5094 Child Health Unit Membership meeting. When: January 11, 2021 1:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) January 12, 2021 6:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Agenda: 1/10 Labor-Management Meeting Report Health &
Local 5004 COVID Surge Bonus Rejection
After hearing overwhelmingly from the membership that the hospital’s Covid-19 Surge Bonus is unacceptable, HPAE leadership has decided to reject the hospital’s offer.
Health care workers: We’re traumatized and feel abandoned
Once again, health care workers are feeling abandoned by the very people who should be supportive of them.
For NJ hospitals during historic COVID spike, worry is not over PPE or beds, but staff
As the omicron variant of COVID-19 drives a steep increase in hospital admissions in New Jersey, the biggest worry for health care leaders in this wave of the pandemic is not personal protective equipment, intensive care space or ventilators.