A budget bill that Democratic legislative leaders sent to Gov. Chris Christie earlier this week included more money for preschool education, senior property-tax relief, and several other safety-net programs, but Christie used his line-item veto pen to slash that new
From NJ.com Nurses have reached a tentative contract agreement with Inspira Health Network, according to a press release issued Thursday by the Health Professionals and Allied Employees union. HPAE Locals 5131 and 5621 represent 1,300 registered nurses working at Inspira
Taken from NJ.com, June 27, 2016 TRENTON — The state Assembly took its final step Monday toward placing a referendum on the fall ballot asking voters to commit to spending billions of dollars to repair the public worker pension system. With
The nomination period for AFT and HPAE Convention delegates has concluded. All nominees are running unopposed and therefore deemed elected by acclimation.
From NJ.com WASHINGTON — House Democrats staged a rare takeover of the chamber on Wednesday, vowing not to leave until the Republican leadership allowed a vote on legislation to ban suspected terrorists from buying weapons. Lawmakers sat on the floor
June 21, 2016 From Labor Notes Sometimes solidarity comes shaped like a popsicle. That’s what one nursing assistant, on her way in for the evening shift at United Hospital in St. Paul, delivered to nurses picketing in blazing 95-degree heat.
Sunrise House -- a 110-bed, for-profit substance abuse treatment center -- could see its approximately 125 workers vote to form a union in the next few weeks as the result of a petition filed on their behalf last week with
Local 5091 members overwhelmingly approved a 3 year contract at membership meetings held yesterday. The contract includes across the board wage and step increases amounting to over 9% during the term of the contract. In addition, we gained improved language
New Jersey health officials only have records for five of the eight alleged cases of workplace violence inside Bergen Regional Medical Center that were detailed in a federal report, the acting health commissioner told lawmakers on Monday. Acting state Health
From the New York Times, May 17, 2016 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, in a far-reaching effort to improve the lot of workers that has ignited criticism from business groups, announced on Tuesday that it was making millions more employees