After seven months of bargaining with Hackensack Meridian Health, nurses and health professionals at Palisades Medical Center have ratified a three-year contract.
With less than a week to Election Day, nurses and health professionals are stepping up their ‘get out the vote’ efforts for candidates committed to fighting for the rights of healthcare workers and patient safety.
After six months of negotiations a tentative agreement has been reached between HPAE Local 5030 at Palisades Medical Center with Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH).
Worker intimidation and anti-union tactics are attempts to silence Nurses in Manahawkin.
Debbie White, former president of HPAE Local 5105, was elected HPAE President by delegates at the 2018 HPAE Convention in Atlantic City on October 5.
Negotiations between Hackensack Meridian Health and HPAE have been tenuous as 2,500 represented are fighting to put an end to intimidation tactics in their workplace and to demand safe patient limits in the interest of patient and worker safety.
Hundreds of nurses and health professionals gathered in Atlantic City on Friday to recognize the leadership of Ann Twomey as she retired as President of HPAE.
The Health Professionals and Allied Employees accused Hackensack Meridian Health today of illegally orchestrating a union decertification effort using aggressive anti-union tactics that will ultimately fail.
Health professional held an informational picket outside of Palisades Medical Center to call on Hackensack Meridian Health to protect patient safety by committing to safe patient limits and put a stop to anti-union tactics that attempt to intimidate.
We are bargaining with management on October 1st, 2nd and 3rd. We are giving management ONE LAST CHANCE to come to their senses and take their cuts off the table.