From NJ Spotlight, March 3, 2015 A state-ordered report has recommended dropping inpatient services at three of the five Newark-area hospitals, turning them into ambulatory care centers. If the plan is adopted, many city residents would live farther from the
Health Professionals and Allied Employees/AFT/AFL-CIO 110 Kinderkamack Road Emerson, NJ 07630 201-262-5005 www.hpae.org For Immediate Release: February 25, 2015 Contact: Jeanne Otersen- (201)280-9279 Negotiations between nurses represented by the Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE) and Inspira Medical Center
“ February 24, 2015 If you listened to Governor Christie’s budget message delivered on Tuesday, you would think NJ has only one problem: public workers’ pensions and healthcare. Coming the day after a Superior Court said the state must meet
From the Los Angeles Times, February 24, 2015 America’s uninsured rate plummeted last year, with the improvement driven by states that have fully implemented the Affordable Care Act, a new nationwide Gallup survey indicates. Led by Arkansas and Kentucky, which
From the Record, February 24, 2015 Rick Engler, who brought together an unlikely alliance of union groups and environmentalists to push for public access to information on dangerous chemicals used in factories in New Jersey, has been named by President
February 23, 2015 Superior Court judge Mary C. Jacobson has ruled that Governor Christie must reinstate a $1.6 billion cut he made to the state’s pension payments for the current fiscal year. HPAE and other public employee unions filed suit
From Kaiser Health News, February 23, 2015 The Obama administration has blocked health plans without hospital benefits that many large employers argued fulfilled their obligations under the Affordable Care Act. Companies with millions of workers, mainly in lower-wage industries such
From the New York Times, February 19, 2015 Walmart, the largest private employer in the country, said on Thursday that it would increase wages for a half-million employees, a move that comes amid persistent scrutiny of its labor practices and
From National Public Radio (NPR), February 19, 2015 The case of Terry Cawthorn and Mission Hospital, in Asheville, N.C., gives a glimpse of how some hospital officials around the country have shrugged off an epidemic. Cawthorn was a nurse at
From the New York Times, February 19, 2015 Like many Americans, I’ve been wary of labor unions…..Full-time union stagehands at Carnegie Hall earning more than $400,000 a year? A union hailing its defense of a New York teacher who smelled
From Philadelphia Business Journal, February 17, 2015 On the same day that Philadelphia was announced as the host of the 2016 Democratic National Convention, the City of Brotherly Love tackled an issue which is poised to become a central point
From the New York Times, February 17, 2015 WASHINGTON — President Obama said Tuesday that 11.4 million people had selected private health insurance plans or renewed their coverage under the Affordable Care Act in the enrollment period that ended Sunday.