May 6, 2015 HPAE is honoring nurses during National Nurses Week by taking action for safe staffing. You can honor nurses’ need for safe staffing and quality patient care by clicking here and sending a letter to the NJ Senate
HPAE News
Nurses and healthcare workers start negotiations at CarePoint Hospitals
Health Professionals and Allied Employees 110 Kinderkamack Road Emerson, NJ 07630 www.hpae.org 201-262-5005 For immediate release: April 23, 2015 For more information contact: Bridget Devane, (732)996-5493 Negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement began on Wednesday for nurses and healthcare
HPAE Nurses at Wanaque Center Support 1199 SEIU Workers in Contract Fight
1199 SEIU, the union representing CNAs, housekeeping staff, and dietary staff at the Wanaque Center, conducted informational picketing in front of the facility today to protest the lack of progress in contract negotiations. Since new owners took over the nursing
HPAE Joins the “Fight for $15” on April 15
April 16, 2015 Yesterday, HPAE joined with thousands of union members, low-wage workers, and community activists in demanding a $15/hour minimum wage and the right of workers to form unions in their workplaces. HPAE members and staff participated at strike
HPAE Secretary-Treasurer Barbara Rosen’s Letter to the NYT Editor on the Pay Gap in Nursing
“ April 7, 2015 To the Editor: Regarding “Longtime Nursing Pay Gap Hasn’t Budged, Study Says” (March 25): While it is not surprising that female nurses make significantly less than their male counterparts nationally, there was what I assume to
HPAE Participates in Common Sense Economics Workshop for Young Workers
April 2, 2015 Local 5004 Vice President Becky Esquivel from Englewood Hospital and HPAE Public Policy staff Sandra Lane attended the AFL-CIO’s Common Sense Economics training hosted by Passaic County YES (Youth Engagement in Solidarity) yesterday evening in Clifton, NJ
President Twomey Named to PolitickerNJ’s Top 50 Labor Power List
“ March 30, 2015 The 2015 Labor Power List is composed of the 50 most powerful labor leaders in New Jersey, according to PolitickerNJ, an online journal of politics and current affairs. Taking into account the complexity and diversity of
Give advanced practice nurses the authority to complete death certificates – Action Alert!
CALL (609) 777-2500 to urge Governor Christie to sign S1152 / A1319 S1152/A1319 would permit attending advanced practice nurses to determine cause of death and execute death certification of a patient if nurse is patient’s primary caregiver and if no