On February 10th and 11th, local union leaders from HPAE and AFT convened in Newark for the AFT Northeast Regional State Federation and Local Presidents Conference. Joined by our sister unions from Maine to Maryland, the conference focused on union
Members took action on safe staffing at Palisades Medical Center on Tuesday, February 21 after management failed to follow through on a commitment to create 134 new positions made to the union during the last cycle of negotiations.
HPAE Local 5004 held a Negotiation Symposium on February 15th at Maggiano’s on Riverside Square in Hackensack. It focused mainly on the importance of member involvement in the upcoming negotiations with special emphasis on establishing a communications network. Flowing from
Are you a recently retired member of HPAE? Do you plan to retiree within the next five years? You are invited to join us on Thursday, March 1, 2018 for a meeting of the HPAE Council of Retirees. You’ll meet
The mission of the US Health & Human Services (HHS) department has always been and should continue to be protecting the health and wellbeing of American families.
On Wednesday, January 17, HPAE held its annual Bargaining and Leadership Conference in New Brunswick where members gathered to plan and coordinate organizing, mobilizing and bargaining strategies for the upcoming year. While each local union faces its own set of
This is the last issue of "What's New With HPAE" that I will be editing. After being an HPAE staff member for 25 years, I am retiring at the end of this month. HPAE we'll be putting out the next
HPAE has submitted to Governor-elect Murphy's healthcare transition committee a list of healthcare priority action items for the new administration.
The state has approved the sale of Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center, the Secaucus hospital where admissions have plummeted under private ownership, to a multimillionaire real-estate developer who owns a Bergen County surgical center.
Cooper University Health Care said Friday it "will no longer pursue the acquisition" of Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center and other assets of a Catholic-run health system.