Update on our contract negotiations 6/11/2020
After a slow negotiation process, we put in our ten day notice for an informational picket in front of the hospital on Monday June 22nd from 7:30am to 9:30am and 5:00 pm to 8:00pm.
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Nurses on the COVID-19 pandemic frontlines to demand protections and recognition for their heroic efforts
Nurses at Southern Ocean and Jersey Shore University Medical Centers will hold informational pickets to protest lack of progress in bargaining new contract with Hackensack Meridian Health.
Local 5058 Bargaining Update, Contract Extension Reached
We came to a mutual agreement to extend the Union contract to June 15th, at 7am. This means the both sides will continue to work toward a tentative agreement and the contract is in full effect.
Local 5058 Bargaining Update, May 27, 2020
Our HPAE bargaining committee met with HMH management on May 27. After an initial review of the contract side letters at 9:30am, we waited until 5:51pm for HMH to come back with their economic proposals.
Nurses union authorizes strike vote amid strain over working conditions in coronavirus crisis
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to burden the healthcare system, a union representing 1,500 nurses at two shore hospitals took the first step Friday toward authorizing a strike should contract negotiations with Hackensack Meridian Health fail.
Jersey Shore and Southern Ocean Nurses Overwhelmingly Authorized Bargaining Committees to Strike
Nurses saving lives on the COVID-19 pandemic frontlines at two HMH hospitals are renegotiating a collective bargaining agreement that expires at month’s end.
May 12-14th Negotiations Updates
We are working toward getting an agreement by 7am on May 31 that includes winning improvements in staffing, health and safety, and accountability for HMH on payroll/PTO/LOA and wages.
Fed-up health care workers allege N.J. hospital is putting their lives at risk
Health care workers at a New Jersey hospital fear for their safety, alleging the facility has failed to protect them from infection while treating COVID-19 patients.
Local 5058 Teleconference Sign-up
The HPAE Local 5058 Executive Board invites you to join us for a teleconference on May 18th at 8am, 4pm, 8pm. This is a membership meeting with updates and a chance to ask questions.
May 9, 2020 Negotiations Update
Day 6 of bargaining. HMH responded to many of our proposals by rejecting everything related to health and safety, workplace violence, staffing, transition and oversight, and the pandemic.
Local 5058 Bargaining Update May 5, 2020
In preparation for both parties’ proposals on wages, including a market rate adjustment, HMH is sending you a survey to capture your years of experience as an RN, including any international RN experience.
NLRB Rules in Favor of Unionized Healthcare Workers against Hackensack Meridian
HPAE filed charges against NJ’s largest health system during 2018 contract negotiations for failure to bargain in good faith.