Sunrise House Treatment Center Staff Want HPAE as Their Union….And Other HPAE News
June 9, 2016
HPAE Files Union Representation Petition for AAC/Sunrise Staff
Workers at Sunrise House Treatment Center in Lafayette, NJ filed a petition today with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) seeking union representation with HPAE. The 125 workers in the facility filed the petition to make sure that safe, quality treatment is the first priority, not the profits of the for-profit company which owns the facility.
HPAE Web Quiz #15
HPAE was established in 1974 through the efforts of the nursing staff at Englewood Hospital in Englewood, NJ when they organized an independent association at the hospital. The Hospital Professionals and Allied Employees – we’re now called the Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE) – was formed after nurses at other hospitals, such as Pascack Valley Hospital and Jersey Shore Medical Center, joined with the Englewood nurses.
In what year did HPAE affiliate with the healthcare division of a national union, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)? The first ten members (one from each local union) who provide the correct response will each receive a $25 American Express gift card.
Support Legislation to Stop Out of Network Billing – Come to Trenton June 16
Consumers need accurate and timely information to make decisions about their health care costs. What those costs are shouldn’t come as a surprise, but often they do because NJ law does not protect consumers against bills for services they inadvertently receive from an out-of-network provider. The Out-of-Network Consumer Protection, Transparency, Cost Containment and Accountability Act (A1952/S1285) would require doctors and hospitals to give consumers advance notice about which insurance networks they participate in and a good faith estimate of what their care will cost. HPAE is supporting this legislation and urges you to come to Trenton on June 16 to lobby for this legislation.
Learn More About the June 16 Lobby Day Event.
Local 5107 Nurses Ratify Contract Settlements
In the last two weeks, HPAE Local 5107 nurses at Llanfair House, a nursing home in Wayne, NJ, and at the Visiting Nurses Association (VNA) in Essex, Hudson, and Bergen counties ratified contract settlements which contain wage increases and contract language improvements.
Submitting an HPAE Retiree Medical Trust Reimbursement Claim Just Became Easier
Benserco, the Third Party Administrator of the HPAE Retiree Medical Trust, has revamped their website and it is now easier for HPAE members who are eligible for benefits under our retiree medical plan to submit reimbursement claims. If you use the new, fillable PDF form on the website, submitting a claim will be more convenient and take less time.
This Week in U.S. Labor History
Major League Baseball strike begins, forces cancellation of 713 games. Most observers blamed team owners for the strike: they were trying to recover from a court decision favoring the players on free agency – June 12, 1981
Read about other important struggles and events in U.S. labor history which occurred from June 6 to June 12, provided by Union Communication Services (UCS).
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