May 18, 2015 At a membership meeting held at the Crown Plaza in Cherry Hill, NJ yesterday, Local 5103 members voted by a strong majority to extend our contract from May 22 to August 31. The contract extension allows Local
May 13, 2015 Jean Lucas, former Local 5118 President and a retired RN from Cooper University Hospital, testifed before Congress on Tuesday in support of federal legislation regarding safe lift legislation. Jean cited her own career-ending injury incurred as a
May 10, 2015 Banita Herndon, an ER nurse and Local 5089 Grievance Chair at University Hospital, received the “Nurse of the Year” award yesterday from The Concerned Black Nurses of Newark (CBNN) at their 33rd annual Scholarship & Awards luncheon.
May 7, 2015
May 6, 2015 HPAE is honoring nurses during National Nurses Week by taking action for safe staffing. You can honor nurses’ need for safe staffing and quality patient care by clicking here and sending a letter to the NJ Senate
Health Professionals and Allied Employees 110 Kinderkamack Road Emerson, NJ 07630 www.hpae.org 201-262-5005 For immediate release: April 23, 2015 For more information contact: Bridget Devane, (732)996-5493 Negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement began on Wednesday for nurses and healthcare
1199 SEIU, the union representing CNAs, housekeeping staff, and dietary staff at the Wanaque Center, conducted informational picketing in front of the facility today to protest the lack of progress in contract negotiations. Since new owners took over the nursing
April 16, 2015 Yesterday, HPAE joined with thousands of union members, low-wage workers, and community activists in demanding a $15/hour minimum wage and the right of workers to form unions in their workplaces. HPAE members and staff participated at strike
“ April 7, 2015 To the Editor: Regarding “Longtime Nursing Pay Gap Hasn’t Budged, Study Says” (March 25): While it is not surprising that female nurses make significantly less than their male counterparts nationally, there was what I assume to
April 2, 2015 Local 5004 Vice President Becky Esquivel from Englewood Hospital and HPAE Public Policy staff Sandra Lane attended the AFL-CIO’s Common Sense Economics training hosted by Passaic County YES (Youth Engagement in Solidarity) yesterday evening in Clifton, NJ
“ March 30, 2015 The 2015 Labor Power List is composed of the 50 most powerful labor leaders in New Jersey, according to PolitickerNJ, an online journal of politics and current affairs. Taking into account the complexity and diversity of