With less than two weeks to the expiration of their contracts on May 31st, RNs at Cooper University Medical Center and Virtua have each voted to give their Negotiations Committee the authority to issue a 10 day strike notice to
The nurses at Local 5118 came together in unity this morning to express their concerns about safe staffing, float districts, uninterrupted orientations for new nurses and charge nurses not having to take a patient assignment.
With less than three weeks to go before our contract expires, Local 5118 members voted to give the Negotiations Committee the authority to send a 10 day strike notice to Cooper administration.
With just a little more than three weeks left to our current contract, Cooper management representatives continue to reject our proposals on economics and improved staffing.
Cooper nurses have just demonstrated that we are determined to achieve a contract which guarantees substantial improvements in staffing at the hospital. At a bargaining session, a staffing petition signed by 900 nurses was presented to management.
The Local 5118 Negotiations Committee met with Cooper yesterday for our second day of negotiations and was encouraged by the tremendous support from members who came to the negotiations.
This week, Registered Nurses at Cooper University Health Care (CUHC) began bargaining with management for a new contract. For the 1,300 registered nurses represented by HPAE, the focus of these negotiations is centered on patient safety and improving nurse staffing
The Local 5118 Negotiations Committee met with management representatives today for our first bargaining session in negotiations for a successor contract. While we have a number of contract proposals, our focus is on improving staffing.
HPAE Local 5118 members joined with the almost 4 million people who took part in the Women's March on Washington, D.C. and over 600 "sister marches" in the United States.
Over 70 Local 5118 members at Cooper University Hospital came out this morning to leaflet in front of the hospital in support of safe staffing at the hospital.
The dedicated Local 5118 Union Reps met last Sunday at one of their regular rep meetings. The focus of this meeting was the Reps’ role in the upcoming negotiations and their rights as Union Reps. Local 5118 Reps recently supported a class action
At the HPAE 2016 Convention, delegates came together to make important decisions about the future of our union through a series of resolutions, constitutional amendments, and by-laws changes.