We hope you had a lovely holiday season and a happy new year. Since Wednesday 1/3/24, we have heard from several members across HPAE Locals 5094 and 5089 that their health insurance premiums increased drastically in the 1/5/24 paycheck.
Since our last update several weeks ago, HPAE Local 5089 Leadership and HPAE staff have continued to demand answers from Rutgers regarding the ongoing issues related to the retro payments...
Local 5089 office elections for President, six (6) Vice Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, and two (2) Grievance Chairpersons. Since all the positions were uncontested, no ballots were mailed out.
The Nominations/Election Committee announces that there are eleven (11) local officer positions that are up for election this year as well as Representative positions.
We have communicated with many members individually, but we want to provide a summary of the actions we’ve taken as a union to push Rutgers to pay our membership every penny we are owed.
Please join us for light refreshments. If you are unable to join in person, please register through the Zoom link to join virtually.
This is an update about the ongoing pay issue crisis caused by Rutgers University affecting HPAE unit members.
Register here for meetings this week to here more detail about pay increases and our union’s plan to make sure everyone receives what is owed to them.
Union leadership has been informed by hundreds of 5089 members regarding issues with receiving your contractual raises and respective retroactive pay.
Happy Labor Day! This is our holiday. Join the HPAE contingent in our annual tradition of marching in the Labor Day Parade in Newark.
Our bargaining team fought for a fair contract, and we are finally seeing the results of the negotiated increases. By now, you should see the HPAE negotiated increases on your My Compensation History section of the My Rutgers portal.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and other critics of Rutgers University’s recent decision to merge its two medical school campuses are alarmed at what the move could mean for the future of Newark’s University Hospital, a critical lifeline to the area’s