Nurse Strike Looming At Cooper Hospital; Union Demands Better Staffing
Nurses at Cooper University Health Care will go on strike if they cannot get nurse-to-patient ratios in their new contract, according to union leadership.
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Nurses threaten to strike at 3 NJ hospitals. Here’s why
About 3,000 nurses have voted to authorize a strike at three New Jersey hospitals ... as they battle for mandatory staffing ratios to be placed in their contracts, union officials announced Tuesday.
New Legislation in NJ Could Curb Nurse Retention Rates (video)
Steve Adubato is joined by Debbie White, RN, President of Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE), to discuss the alarming rate of nurses leaving the industry and the ways safe staffing legislation in New Jersey can assist in retention.
HPAE local 5030 Bargaining Update #6 – April 30, 2024
Today HPAE continued the discussion on staffing and management’s proposal was to reject our staffing ratios because in their opinion “ratios do not work.”
Lax antitrust enforcement linked to rising hospital prices
A new study co-authored by Yale economist Zack Cooper links rising prices for hospital care to lax antitrust enforcement.
HPAE declares “CODE RED: Understaffed. Overworked. Unsafe for Everyone.”
Healthcare union’s new position paper details how stress and burnout is causing exodus of workers from New Jersey hospitals; strikes loom across state as healthcare workers fed up over hospital understaffing bargain over expiring contracts EMERSON—Nurses and other healthcare workers
HPAE to declare “CODE RED: Understaffed. Overworked. Unsafe for Everyone.”
Healthcare union’s position paper will detail how stress and burnout is causing exodus of workers from New Jersey hospitals
Another budget, another funding plea for University Hospital, Newark
The hospital is planning for a massive renovation of its campus estimated to cost at least $1.8 billion, but there is no dedicated funding for the project in Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed $56 billion spending plan.
CODE RED: Honoring Black History Month
50 years ago, a group of New Jersey nurses channeled Mahoney's pioneering spirit to form the Union that became the Health Professionals & Allies Employees, New Jersey largest union of healthcare workers.
HPAE Statement in response to Governor Murphy’s FY 2025 Budget Address
Governor Murphy's budget address had glimmers of hope, yet there is also much more to be done to retain our healthcare workers who continue to migrate out of the profession.