On January 8th, workers filed with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking a union election in which workers will vote whether to join the Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE), AFT/AFL-CIO.
HPAE Local 5094 professional members have ratified a new three-year contract with University Hospital in Newark, which includes new benefits, improved language for existing benefits as well as wage increases to bring lower-paid workers to some level of parity.
The City Council in Jersey City has passed a resolution demanding that Hudson Regional Hospital.
HPAE congratulates the large slate of candidates that the union endorsed who are the declared victors in national, state and local races.
HPAE will continue to advocate for its members and their patients to make sure all their rights are protected, and the hospitals remain open.
Members of HPAE Local 5089 overwhelmingly ratified a new contract with enforceable nurse-to-patient ratios as well as a new wage scale and benefit standards, which will help recruit and retain nurses.
HPAE Local 5089, representing nurses at University Hospital in Newark, have reached a tentative agreement with the employer.
HPAE locals 5089 and 5094 will continue negotiating with University Hospital in Newark during this final week of contract expiration to give the employer every opportunity to bargain, safe staffing, fair wages, and benefits.
HPAE Local 5030 members have overwhelmingly ratified a historic contract with Hackensack Meridian Health, the owner of Palisades Medical Center, that establishes patient-to-staff ratios for the first time in the hospital’s history. HPAE President Debbie White, RN, congratulated HPAE Local
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.