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HPAE had a negotiations session with management Thursday, April 23rd. We were able to reach several agreements updating the contract language to reflect University Hospital as a separate entity which is due to the restructuring of UMDNJ as of
HPAE negotiations with the University are still progressing. Before a settlement can be reached, there are a number of outstanding issues that must be resolved first.
From the New Jersey AFL-CIO, April 20, 2015 New Jersey’s legislative leaders, Senate President Stephen Sweeney and General Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, will sign on as amicus curiae to the New Jersey public employees’ pension lawsuit challenging the Christie Administration’s
From the LA Times, April 18, 2015 After five years and more than 50 votes in Congress, the Republican campaign to repeal the Affordable Care Act is essentially over. GOP congressional leaders, unable to roll back the law while President
From the Wall Street Journal, April 15, 2015 New Jersey’s Christ Hospital collected $2.93 million in special payments for treating the sickest Medicare patients in 2013, more than quadruple what it had the prior year. Much of the increase didn’t
From the Bergen Dispatch, April 10, 2015 Today, Bergen County Executive James Tedesco issued an Executive Order establishing a fifteen member Healthcare Advisory Committee to explore the options for the future of Bergen Regional Medical Center. The Paramus facility is
April 11, 2015 On April 1, McDonald’s announced that it would implement modest raises in its corporate-owned locations that would bring its average wage in those stores to $9.90/hour by July 1, 2015. This raise affects only about 10% of
From NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 17, 2015 NEW BRUNSWICK — Rutgers University’s full-time faculty and graduate students voted to approve a new three-year contract that will hike pay by an average of 8 percent, union officials said Thursday.
For Release: April 8, 2015 Contact: Janet Bass (AFT), 202-879-4554 AaNA Labor Program Announces New Parnership in Alaska ANCHORAGE—The Alaska Nurses Association (AaNA) Labor Program formally announced today that it has agreed to affiliate with the American Federation of Teachers
From NJBIZ, April 7, 2015 A definitive merger agreement was announced Tuesday by Meridian Health and Raritan Bay Medical Center, but it’s only the first stage in the major transformation of New Jersey’s health care. Meridian and Hackensack University Health
From the New York Times, April 5, 2015 Julia Andino tried to ignore the insistent humming. It was after midnight and she was curled beneath the blankets alongside her sleeping child. But her cellphone kept vibrating. She tried to shake
From NJBIZ, April 1, 2015 The Valley Health System in Ridgewood on Wednesday announced a cardiac care affiliation with the Cleveland Clinic, one of the largest and most prestigious health care systems and which for the past 20 years has