Op-Ed: The transformative power of union membership
HPAE, the largest union of health care workers in NJ, is 50 years old. Its president reflects on lessons for workers — and patients
HPAE News
HPAE Local 5030 Reaches Historic Tentative Agreement with Hackensack Meridian Health
One week after the contract expired, HPAE Local 5030 reached a tentative agreement after four long and difficult months of bargaining with Hackensack Meridian Health.
Local 5004 Negotiations Update, May 22, 2024
Today (5/22), we had our 12th negotiation session. Management came to us with a counter on wages today, along with some other issues that we indicated are important to us.
HPAE Statement on Jersey City Council Resolution Supporting Safe Staffing
The City Council in Jersey City has passed a resolution supporting “safe staffing standards in collective bargaining agreements, and proposed legislation and hereby urges the NJ Legislature to pass the ‘Patient Protection and Safe Staffing Act,’”
Local 5185 Negotiations Update, May 16, 2024
On May 16, your Negotiating Committee met with high level executive management, including the Chief Financial Officer, to discuss CarePoint’s finances.
Follow up on Last Week’s local 5107 UMC Union Meeting
Thank you to everyone who attended our Union Meeting last week.
Nurses Week 2024
This year we commemorate a movement that culminated 50 years ago in the formation of the Union that eventually became the Health Professionals & Allied Employees, New Jersey's largest union of healthcare workers, more than 70 percent of whom are
HPAE commends the Hudson County Board of Commissioners for approving a resolution calling for a law to mandate Safe Staffing ratios in NJ Hospitals
Members of HPAE applauded the Hudson County Board of Commissioners as they unanimously approved a resolution today supporting establishing safe staffing standards in collective bargaining agreements...
HPAE declares “CODE RED: Understaffed. Overworked. Unsafe for Everyone.”
Healthcare union’s new position paper details how stress and burnout is causing exodus of workers from New Jersey hospitals; strikes loom across state as healthcare workers fed up over hospital understaffing bargain over expiring contracts EMERSON—Nurses and other healthcare workers
Case Managers at Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Win NLRB Vote to join HPAE
Nursing case managers at Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill voted overwhelming today to join New Jersey’s largest union of healthcare workers, HPAE, in a National Labor Relations Board election.