For Immediate Release: March 12, 2015 For Contact: Jeanne Otersen (201) 262-5005, [email protected] Large majorities of NJ voters agree that nurses know best when it comes to patient care and staffing levels in hospitals, and they put their trust in
March 12, 2015 HPAE Local 5094 members Darlene Keegan and Cassandra Tichian were honored at a CWA Local 1038 meeting in Camden yesterday for their efforts in saving the life of Leah Coleman, a CWA case worker for DCP&P, who
March 11, 2015 HPAE members at Rutgers rallied yesterday on the Rutgers Newark campus with other Rutgers’ unions to demand fair contracts. HPAE and the other Rutgers’ unions received strong support from national and state labor leaders, including AFT President
From the Washington Post, March 9, 2015 President Obama’s health-care law will cost taxpayers substantially less than previously estimated, congressional budget officials said Monday, in an upbeat note for a program that has faced withering criticism since its passage five
From ProPublica and NPR, March 4, 2015 Over the past decade, state after state has been dismantling America’s workers’ comp system with disastrous consequences for many of the hundreds of thousands of people who suffer serious injuries at work each
From the Communications Workers of America (CWA), March 7, 2015 On Wednesday, Rick Engler, the director of the NJ Work Environment Council was sworn in for a five year term as a member of the Chemical Safety Board by Senators
From app.com (Asbury Park Press), March 8, 2015 Registered Nurses (RNs) seem to be the one constant anchor that patients and family members can depend on. Limiting the number of patients assigned to a nurse is the only real way
From Newsworks, March 4, 2015 Gov. Tom Wolf wants to hike Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. Philadelphia City Council held a hearing Wednesday to listen to arguments for increasing it even more. The Council’a Committee on Commerce and
From the New York Times, March 4, 2015 WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed bitterly divided during heated arguments over the fate of President Obama’s health care law. As expected, the court’s four liberal members voiced strong support
March 4, 2015 On Monday, March 2, the New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority released the long-awaited “Navigant” report providing an evaluation of healthcare services in the Greater Newark area and recommendations for consolidation and reorganization of services.
March 5, 2015 HPAE held our semi-annual Education Days this week. Over 70 HPAE members attended the Education Day at the Kenilworth Inn on Tuesday; another 20 braved the snow and ice today in Mount Laurel, NJ. The Education Day
From PolitickerNJ, March 3, 2015 Fourteen unions under the auspices of the New Jersey AFL-CIO announced today that they want to take Governor Chris Christie to court to compel him to make New Jersey Annual Required Contribution to the pension