HPAE Nurses at JSUMC and SOMC Reach Tentative Agreement with Hackensack Meridian Health
Nearly 2,500 nurses and health professionals across the health system bargained with HMH administration since late spring.
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HPAE Response to DOH Call for Volunteers
Statement of Debbie White, RN, HPAE President, in Response to NJ Department of Health call for Medical Volunteers to assist in improving patient safety at Wanaque.
Nurses Overwhelmingly Vote Yes
Unionized nurses at Southern Ocean Medical Center (SOMC) rejected an attempt to eliminate their union rights with a landslide victory vote on November 13 and 14.
Community Members Deliver a Message of Support for Nurses Fighting for Safe Staffing Levels
Unionized nurses at Southern Ocean Medical Center were greeted by community members who gathered in support of their fight to protect patient safety at their hospital.
Statement of HPAE President Debbie White on the 2018 Elections
Healthcare professionals across New Jersey are ready to stand with U.S. Senator Menendez and the newly elected Congressional Representatives...
Health professionals ratify new contract with Hackensack Meridian which advances patient safety, preserves workers’ rights
After seven months of bargaining with Hackensack Meridian Health, nurses and health professionals at Palisades Medical Center have ratified a three-year contract.
NJ’s Largest Health Care Union Making a Push to Support Candidates Fighting to Protect Healthcare and Workers’ Rights
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.
Statement of HPAE President Debbie White on the Adenovirus outbreak at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation
We would like to express our condolences for the families and loved ones of the children who have lost their lives due to an outbreak of a severe illness at the facility.
Nurses are Confident Majority Will Vote to Keep Their Union
Worker intimidation and anti-union tactics are attempts to silence Nurses in Manahawkin.
Overwhelming Majority of HPAE Nurses Are Standing with Their Union to Fight for Patient Safety and Workers’ Rights
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.