Union Update: We're Filing Charges
Management continues to refuse to meet with us or provide us with the information we need to negotiate.
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Phoenix Members: When We Stand Together, We Win!
If 1199SEIU can't get a fair contract by April, they will be taking a strike vote alongside us. If we can't get a fair contract by the time our Contract expires, we will pick a joint strike date to strike together
‘We want Mikie Sherrill to save our hospital.’ N.J. community’s final rallying cry for health care.
After more than a century in operation, the ER faces the same fate as the hospital itself, which filed a Certificate of Need for Closure in November 2025 in the face of what owners described as multi-million dollar losses.
HPAE 5094 Honors Working Mothers
HPAE would like to take a moment to recognize and honor all the working mothers.
Local 5107 Phoenix Members: Strike School
Our union will be Strike-Ready when our contract expires this spring. No one wants a Strike, but Management refuses to provide information and refuses to meet to negotiate with us.
HPAE 5094 Recognizes Women's History Month - Honoring Lucy Parsons
HPAE Local 5094 recognizes women’s labor history this month, starting with a piece honoring the legendary Lucy Parsons.
Local 5105 Bargaining Petition and March 25th Membership Meeting
We will be presenting the petition to management on the first day of bargaining on March 30th. Please sign it and spread the word to your co-workers!
Jersey City is losing 1 of its 2 emergency rooms. Where will patients in crisis go?
Jersey City is less than two weeks away from losing one of its two emergency rooms, leaving hospitals around Hudson County bracing for increased demand.
Updated: Emergency Department at Heights Hospital to Close Saturday Night
The union that represents nurses at Heights University Hospital has been told that the emergency department — the hospital’s last remaining department — will close by Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Local 5185 February 2026 Union Update
Hundreds of union members in every department stood up to oppose layoffs, signing petitions, making phone calls, and speaking in meetings. Although HRH is laying off a small number of members, we will ALWAYS oppose ALL layoffs to the maximum.
Urgent Union Update, February 26, 2026
Management has informed Union Leadership that they are fully closing Christ Hospital. Nizar Kifaieh instructed managers to ignore the law and our Collective Bargaining Agreement and shut down the facility.
Local 5621 Workshop: The Power of Social Media
This workshop – The Power of Social Media: Benefits, Risks, and Best Practices – will cover a variety of topics around social media usage that include confidentiality and privacy, potential employment consequences, and patient safety and care.