Staffing Ratio Studies 2024 Patient Outcomes And Cost Savings Associated With Hospital Safe Nurse Staffing Legislation: An Observational Study. Karen B Lasater, Linda H Aiken, Douglas Sloane, Rachel French, Brendan Martin, Maryann Alexander, and Matthew D McHugh, published online, BMJ
Yesterday, Monday, May 4, 2026, Union Nurses handed out flyers demanding safe staffing and calling out Management for not providing the information we need to negotiate. Management responded by walking out of negotiations, refusing to give us counterproposals to our
Yesterday marked our first day of bargaining for local 5097. The union presented twenty (20) proposals identified by our membership as top priorities. These include economic improvements such as new wage scales, across-the-board raises, and weekend differentials. We also put
Safe Staffing Saves Lives Understaffing is driving our healthcare system to the brink of collapse. That is why HPAE members are pushing for the passage of laws mandating enforceable safe staffing ratios. The problem is clear – frontline healthcare workers continue to migrate out of bedside nursing at an