Inspira Health Network would be hardest hit if Health Professionals and Allied Employees, the state’s largest nurses union, choose to go on strike.
The thousands of HPAE nurses and healthcare professionals represented in Bergen, Salem, Cumberland and Gloucester Counties have made clear they will not accept contracts that do not include enforceable nurse-to-patient ratios.
In response to Inspira’s inability to meet our demands, 83% of Inspira HPAE members participated in our HPAE strike vote, and 98% of voters authorized a strike!
Inspira TA Article 63 Health Safety and Workplace Violence All Locals
Inspira TA Article 11 Bargaining Unit Representatives All Locals
Your bargaining team had another long and productive day on Tuesday, 5/13!
Colleagues: We are writing for two reasons: firstly, to let you know about upcoming membership meetings (which will include detailed bargaining updates) on May 20th and 21st; and secondly, to share additional information about strike authorization. It is CRITICALLY IMPORTANT that
Tuesday, 5/6 was a long day, but resulted in little progress. Thursday, 5/8 we were back at the table until nearly 8pm, however this time we walked away with several Tentative Agreements.
We are writing with another negotiations update following our fourth bargaining session with Inspira on April 30th. We received our first comprehensive response from Inspira management.
On April 21st, your negotiations teams spent another full day at the Glassboro Courtyard Marriott. This was our third negotiation session.
Check here as new TAs are released from our current bargaining sessions.
As we expected, we spent the day talking about language issues; financial proposals will be discussed later in the process. We were able to achieve three tentative agreements today!