Kifaieh - What's Your Plan?
Management has NO PLAN to fix its finances and STILL doesn't know who they're planning to lay off or what services they'll close at Heights Hospital.
Local Updates
Contract Issues for local 5094 Members at Rutgers
Our contract with Rutgers expires on 6/30/2026 and we need to start preparing for negotiations now if we want to build on the wins we accomplished last time in negotiations.
We're Fighting Back!
On Friday (9/26), we met with HRH ... they now claim to be already out of solutions for our newly named "Heights Hospital."
Local 5131 September 2025 Union Update
We would like to formally invite you all to our winter membership dinner on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at the Grove at Centerton.
Local 5058 Ratification Vote: September 19
A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED
Bargaining Update, September 13, 2025
We were at bargaining with management from 9am until nearly midnight on Friday with no new agreements reached.
Member Update: September 10, 2025
As you know, the Red Cross is seeking a reduction in the workforce and has begun to ask members to consider a few voluntary options. We were extremely frustrated to hear about this decision.
Union Updates for September, 2025
We hope all of you had a great summer! We are writing with some general union updates and information.
Local 5058: Bargaining Update, September 8, 2025
We are continuing to push for movement on two of our biggest issues, staffing and pay, and other issues including on-call and PTO. Management is still pushing some of their own obnoxious proposals, including flexing.
Local 5118 August 2025 Communications
August 2025 Communications Closing the Loop from July Nurses Week Gifts Nursing shirts have been distributed Very few remaining leftover, please email Brittany Cucunato for an available size. First come, first serve. Tori has the float nurses who have not
Bargaining Update, September 6, 2025
We want to be clear that we have not issued a strike notice to the hospital. In fact, we already added another bargaining day on Monday, and we are hoping to make additional progress.
Bargaining Update, September 3, 2025
The Bargaining Team met with management yesterday and today. Here’s where things stand...