HPAE to hold a Safe Staffing, Saves LIVES Town Hall
Unionized nurses, healthcare workers and healthcare advocates from across the state will join HPAE at a Safe Staffing Town Hall in Cherry Hill at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 6, 2024.
Campaign for Patient Safety and Safe Staffing
HPAE commends the Hudson County Board of Commissioners for approving a resolution calling for a law to mandate Safe Staffing ratios in NJ Hospitals
Members of HPAE applauded the Hudson County Board of Commissioners as they unanimously approved a resolution today supporting establishing safe staffing standards in collective bargaining agreements...
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
New Brunswick strike deal offers hope in nurse-patient ratio battles
When nurses agreed to settle their nearly five-month strike against Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick in December, a key component was getting specific nurse-to-patient ratios codified in their contract, along with ...
Hundreds of nurses demand safe staffing law at packed Statehouse hearing. ‘This will save lives.’
On Thursday ... union leaders urged a state Senate panel to make enforceable staffing ratios the law in hospitals and surgery centers across New Jersey..
Are New Jerseyans getting sicker? Hospital report shows spike in chronic conditions
Almost a third of patients admitted to a New Jersey hospital in 2022 had eight or more chronic conditions — an increase from about 25% in 2016, according to a study by the New Jersey Hospital Association.
Union Leaders Testify at Senate Health Committee in Support of Safe Staffing Ratios
Labor Unions Call on Trenton Policymakers to make Patient Safety and Retention of Healthcare Workers a Top Priority
Testimony of Debbie White, RN, President in favor of S.304, NJ Senate Health and Human Services Committee Thursday, January 4, 2024
We are facing a staffing crisis in our hospitals. But there is a clear, simple and proven answer- Safe staffing legislation.
Harborage Long Term Care Nurses Triumph in Election to Join HPAE
Nurses at Complete Care at the Harborage, a 245-bed long-term nursing care facility in North Bergen, are now waiting for the NLRB to certify their vote today to join HPAE.
HPAE Statement on RWJ University Hospital nurses ratifying contract with safe staffing
We want to congratulate the United Steelworkers 4-200 nurses on the successful ratification of their contract. The prolonged strike has highlighted the critical issue of safe staffing in the state of New Jersey.
Nurses testify that N.J. hospital is unsafe due to understaffing
The health care workers testified Friday morning that Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is increasingly unsafe because of insufficient staffing as they sat across from Sen. Bernie Sanders during a U.S. Senate committee hearing.
RWJUH Nurses Steal the Show During Bernie Sanders' Hearing
Bernie Sanders sat on the left side of the stage – the far left, you could say – and fiddled with papers, adjusted his glasses and listened for nearly 90 minutes as nurses testified, labor leaders opined, and a health