The day began with management rejecting almost all of our remaining proposals. After listening to that, we prioritized our proposals and then provided management with a complete package in the hopes of getting a fair contract.
Today (5/28) we had our 13th negotiation session. Management provided us with responses to our staffing and on-call proposals. While we felt they were inadequate, it was a step in the right direction.
About 3,000 nurses have voted to authorize a strike at three New Jersey hospitals ... as they battle for mandatory staffing ratios to be placed in their contracts, union officials announced Tuesday.
HPAE members are in bargaining with three large health systems to negotiate enforceable staffing ratios into new contracts. Such ratios will improve working conditions, reduce workplace stress, and help in retention of staff.
Today (5/22), we had our 12th negotiation session. Management came to us with a counter on wages today, along with some other issues that we indicated are important to us.
Today(5/21), we had our 11th negotiation session. We worked for most of the morning to provide management with an updated counter on our complete economic package. Management had no response.
Despite only offering a $1.75/hour raise, they came to us and rejected almost ALL of our other outstanding economics ... It appears that management is not taking this a seriously as we would have expected given the situation.
Today management finally responded to our J1 (staffing numbers). We had several questions for management on their counteroffer – which neither the CNO nor any of the other management team were prepared or able to answer.
It was a long day of voting, and our members turned out in force. The end result: our members overwhelmingly vote to support a job action or strike if necessary.
We waited all day for management to come and give us a response to our economic and staffing proposals. What we got was a single piece of paper with $1.75/hr. increase proposed for year one. No responses to our other
Today (5/13), we had our 7th negotiation session. While we had hoped to receive a response from management regarding our economic and staffing proposals, they expressed the need for more guidance and time to give a comprehensive response.
Today (May 7), we had our 6th negotiation session. We provided management with our full economic package – wages, differentials and the like. They did not respond to these proposals as, in their words, they do not have our staffing