Negotiations 2017—Your Input is Needed on Sept 14th
Next year is a negotiating year and we need to be prepared. Things are changing rapidly in healthcare and we want to make sure we are planning early.
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NLRB: Graduate Students at Private Universities May Unionize
In a blow to private institutions and a boon to their graduate student employees, the NLRB ruled Tuesday that graduate research and teaching assistants are entitled to collective bargaining.
Local 5106 Supports Security Officers' Fight for a Fair Contract
Yesterday, Security Officers represented by SEIU 32BJ held a rally in Philadelphia to kick off the beginning of their campaign for a first contract. SEIU Security officers across Philadelphia are committed to winning a strong contract with a $15/hour minimum
Labor, Business, and Consumer Groups Call On NJ Legislative Leaders To Pass The Out-of-Network Consumer Protection Bill
Press Release Issued by NJ for Healthcare A letter signed by 34 groups, including major health care consumer groups, unions and employers who provide coverage for their members and employees, was sent today to Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto and Senate
Star-Ledger Editorial Slams Meadowlands Hospital's "Amerimama" Program: Facts are foreign to this N.J. hospital luring pregnant Russians
From NJ.com For-profit hospitals are like other businesses: They explore different revenue streams at every board meeting, they have to answer to shareholders, and they occasionally take a tacky detour from what many of us still believe is a mostly altruistic
NJ Spotlight Reporter Talks About Meadowlands Hospital's "Amerimama" Program on NJTV
From NJTV NJTV had a news story yesterday on Meadowlands Hospital’s “Amerimama” program, which entices pregnant Russian women to deliver their babies in the U.S., making them eligible for U.S. citizenship. View the NJTV news story
The Decline of Unions and the Rise of Trump
Recent research in social science and history suggests that the white working-class men who are planning to vote for Donald J. Trump this November might have been out front in the fight against Mr. Trump — if only the
Medical Center and NJ Politicians: Perfect Together?
Some critics claim Meadowlands Hospital and its business network have made close to $900,000 in political contributions to ensure favorable treatment
HPAE White Paper on Meadowlands Hospital Cited in Spotlight Article
HPAE's White Paper on Meadowlands Hospital, produced in 2012, received prominent mention in an article published today in NJ Spotlight on the hospital.
Local 5091 Urges Freeholders to Set Strong Standards in Choosing New Hospital Operator
HPAE Local 5091 officers attended a Bergen County Freeholders' meeting last night to deliver hundreds of signatures on a petition calling on the freeholders to set strong standards in choosing a new operator at their hospital, Bergen Regional Medical Center.
EHMC Cited by NJ Dept. of Health
An investigation by a Department of Health representative concluded that EHMC violated HIPAA standards as it relates to the use of “whiteboard communications."
Local 5091 Members at BRMC Vote to Join HPAE's Retiree Medical Program
By very strong majorities the members of both the RN and non-nursing bargaining units of Local 5091 have voted to participate in the HPAE Retiree Medical Trust.