Nurse staffing: Give them a break, and adequate help
In New Jersey, nurses are advocating for legislation to set safe staffing levels to ensure nurses are not caring for too many patients.
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Attention all Local 5030 members: Meeting for clarification of new PTO, May 16
HPAE and Palisades Medical Center will have Union Reps And Human Resource Staff in the auditorium on May 16 from 1:30Pm till 4Pm to answer any and all questions.
Virtua CEO: No intention to close Lourdes in Willingboro
The hearing was held at Willingboro’s Kennedy Center and featured testimony from more than a dozen residents and stakeholders on the proposal. A second hearing was also held in the afternoon in Camden.
Local 5142 Member Alert: Update on Accrual Issues, April 3
On Thursday, April 3rd, Pam, Karen and several other members attended the 2nd step grievance meetings for the sick time and PTO accrual issues.
State must update regulations for for-profit hospitals
The State Commission of Investigation report released this week on the byzantine business structures behind three Hudson County hospitalsrevives that queasy feeling we get when linking the words “for profit’’ with traditionally public service organizations.
One of N.J.’s largest hospital chains looking to expand its turf with another big merger
Taken from NJ.com By Susan K. Livio March 21, 2019 Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth is in confidential negotiations to join one of the state’s largest hospital systems, continuing a decade-long frenzy of mergers in New Jersey’s fierce healthcare market,
Is Rutgers Experimenting with Privatization at The Expense of Patients and Workers?
Rutgers has signed over its health care operations to RWJBarnabas Health and now RWJBarnabas will be making decisions about the healthcare services you will receive.
SCI: CarePoint owners used shell companies to extract $157M from 3 hospitals
The principal owners of CarePoint Health set up shell companies to pull more than $157 million in "management fees" from the three Hudson County hospitals...
Americans Are Going Bankrupt From Getting Sick
In April 2016, Venus Lockett was about to give a speech at an event she’d volunteered for near her home in Atlanta. She was already stressed. The previous night, she had stayed up late making her presentation, and then deleted
HPAE Contract Campaign Commitment Card
Great contracts aren't negotiated, they are won by the members. A union is only as strong as its members are united and ready to take action!
Workplace violence bill would require hospitals to meet OSHA safety standards
The bill was the subject of a hearing held by the House Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
I knew we had a problem after the 4th death': Failures led to 11 Wanaque center deaths
Lindy Washburn explains new federal findings about a deadly viral outbreak at the Wanaque Center.Lindy Washburn and Paul Wood Jr., North Jersey Record