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From NJ.com MANNINGTON TWP. — For the second time in its nearly 100-year history, The Memorial Hospital of Salem County has been sold. The announcement came Tuesday morning saying that Memorial Hospital’s owner, Community Health Systems, would sell the acute
We are pleased to announce that your HPAE Local 5089 bargaining team has reached a tentative agreement with Rutgers management for a new contract covering registered nurses at Rutgers University. This is our first contract since the merger with Rutgers.
From the Washington Post, November 18, 2015 Unions are supposed to be a pain for employers. Especially strong, well-funded ones that are able to thwart their plans for change. Bosses should root for anything that might undermine the unions’ ability
From Huffington Post, November 20, 2015 Tefere Gebre has been following the political debate over Syrian refugees this week from his downtown D.C. office, about a block from the White House. At times, he said, the discourse has turned his
From e NJ Spotlights, November 18, 2015 New Jersey lawmakers aiming to pass sweeping legislation that would prevent patients from being hit with surprise medical bills have done some surgery of their own, cutting out a major provision that would
From NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 6, 2015 When can your Facebook posts get you in trouble with the boss? That issue, which has already roiled workplaces from schools to police departments, was front and center in recent contract
From Fierce Healthcare, November 4, 2015 Anesthesiologists have the most unhealthy healthcare job in the nation, according to a survey of jobs across muliple industries, including healthcare. Business Insider based its rankings of unhealthiest jobs in America on data from
From the NJ AFL-CIO, November 4, 2015 The New Jersey State AFL-CIO’s political education program is second to none, and the outstanding results of the November 3 election keep our momentum strong heading into the 2016 presidential race. We led
Taken from the Asbury Park Press, October 29 Meridian Health and the union representing 1,200 nurses at two of its Jersey Shore hospitals have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, the two sides said Thursday. The Health Professionals
From PolitickerNJ, October 28, 2015 JERSEY CITY – The Jersey City Council today approved legislation that would strengthen the groundbreaking earned sick time ordinance originally passed in September 2013. The legislation was co-sponsored by Council President Rolando R. Lavarro, Jr.
From KHN | Kaiser Health News, October 28, 2015 Open enrollment for the health law’s 2016 marketplace plans begins Sunday, and federal officials caution consumers to check out premium prices because in many places they may be higher. But officials
From the Asbury Park Press, The union representing Meridian Health nurses wants the federal government to step in to jumpstart contract talks with the hospital chain. The Health Professionals and Allied Employees union said it wants to make sure there