With contracts at University Hospital expiring over one year ago, a group of 50 nurses and healthcare workers spoke out to the eleven members of the University Hospital Board of Directors at their November 10th meeting during the public comment
Join Us: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 or Saturday, December 5, 2015 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Rutgers Labor Education Center
50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick
This training is for all newly elected and appointed HPAE Public Sector Union Reps as
In accordance with our union Constitution and By-Laws, the HPAE Local 5089 Nominations and Elections Committee is currently accepting nominations for eight local union officer positions as well as union representatives at Rowan, Rutgers and University Hospital.
Nomination forms were mailed
Join Us: Wednesday, December 2, 2015 or Saturday, December 5, 2015 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm Rutgers Labor Education Center 50 Labor Center Way, New Brunswick This training is for all newly elected and appointed HPAE Public Sector Union
The open enrollment period for the State Health Benefit Plan (SHBP) began on October 1, 2015 and will conclude on November 2, 2015. Public employees eligible for participation in the plan have the option to change health plans during this
Our Negotiating Committee met with management again on Tuesday, August 18 to continue negotiations for a new contract. Based on the discussion at the previous session, HPAE presented revised proposals dealing with seniority which includes lay-off and recall language as
Our negotiating team for 5089 and 5094 met with representatives of Rowan University and the New Jersey Office of Employee Relations on July 23 for continued contract negotiations.
We signed a memorandum of agreement that allows for joint negotiations with HPAE professionals
The negotiation team for HPAE Locals 5094 and 5089 had its first session for the contract renewal with the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations representing Rowan University on May 22nd. At that session, we discussed joint bargaining for both HPAE unions
On Monday, June 22, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka will be hosting a town hall meeting to discuss Health Care in the Newark Community. The event is from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center Victoria Theater
May 10, 2015 Banita Herndon, an ER nurse and Local 5089 Grievance Chair at University Hospital, received the “Nurse of the Year” award yesterday from The Concerned Black Nurses of Newark (CBNN) at their 33rd annual Scholarship & Awards luncheon.
May 6th, 2015 kicked off National Nurses Week.
During the week, our employers hand out roses, take out newspaper ads applauding their nurses, or offer a free lunch or small gift. As a union, we fight to ensure nurses and other
HPAE had a negotiations session with management Thursday, April 23rd. We were able to reach several agreements updating the contract language to reflect University Hospital as a separate entity which is due to the restructuring of UMDNJ as of