With two weeks left before our contract expires, management has added insult to injury by proposing to double the cost of our contributions for health insurance while refusing to invest in health and safety. Come to one of the
In response to management issuing harsh disciplines against nurses, including terminations for simple mistakes, over 50 Local 5105 members leafleted yesterday in front of the employee entrance to call attention to the punitive work environment being created by management.
In 2013, a 6-year-old girl in the juvenile psychiatric ward at Bergen Regional Medical Center was sexually accosted by a young boy who was also a patient, according to a lawsuit filed by the girl’s mother. The following year,
Nominations are now open for HPAE Local 5135 delegates to the AFT convention in July and the HPAE convention in October.
Nominations are now open for HPAE Local 5094 delegates to the AFT convention in July 2016 and HPAE convention in October 2016.
We’ve now have had four bargaining sessions with the hospital. In addition to proposing contract language that protects your rights as a Union member, improves your working conditions and sets up processes for your voice to be heard, we
At the negotiations last Wednesday, the bargaining committee proposed improved RN staffing through nurse-to-patient ratios in our contract. What was management’s response? “Our current staffing levels are fine”. To make matters worse, management proposed that they should be able to
Today, we filed an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charge against Wanaque for violating the National Labor Relations Act. Acting illegally, management suspended the President of our local union, Abdul Umoru, and threatened to discipline the Secretary-Treasurer of our local union,
March 8, 2016 HPAE Vice President Bernie Gerard and nurses from Inspira Locals 5131 and 5621 met with staff from State Senate President Stephen Sweeney’s office to discuss working conditions and patient care issues at Inspira hospitals as both locals
We have resolved many of the contract issues, but the key economic issues are still in dispute. Although VNA has given us slightly different economic proposals for the VNA Health Group of NJ (former EVVNA and former Barnabas) nurses and
HPAE members testifed at two public hearings held yesterday to review the proposed merger of the Hackensack University Health Network and Meridian Health. While supporting the pending merger of Hackensack and Meridian, they urged the New Jersey Attorney General
I am pleased to see Bergen County is committed to finding an operator who will deliver quality patient care, maintain and expand patient services and honor existing contract agreements with all labor unions and maintain jobs in our community. We