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Union leaders were presented with no plan for the future but were encouraged to tell the Department of Health and the Governor that they need money to keep Heights Hospital afloat.
HPAE President Debbie White, RN, said the safe staffing language negotiated will also allow the hospital to retain current staff and attract new nurses to JSUMC.
Registered Nurses at Jersey Shore University Medical Center represented by HPAE have struck a deal with Hackensack Meridian Health on a new contract that includes enforceable safe staffing ratios, better pay, and enhanced workplace violence prevention measures.
Nurses at Jersey Shore University Medical Center have voted almost unanimously to authorize their bargaining committee to give a 10-day notice of their intent to strike if management continues to refuse to agree to safe staffing language in their contract.
Hundreds of workers saving lives in Jersey City and Bayonne are working on contracts that will expire in days.
Nurses of HPAE Locals 5131, 5142 and 5621 at Inspira Health have ratified new groundbreaking contracts with guaranteed nurse-to-patient safe staffing ratios as well as improved wages, benefits and working conditions.
In the 2025 Elections, HPAE is supporting candidates who have shown support for the passage of the “Patient Protection and Safe Staffing Act,” which mandates guaranteed safe staffing ratios in all hospitals.
HPAE Local 5138 Nurses at Southern Ocean Medical Center have ratified a new three-year contract with their employer that includes guaranteed nurse-to-patient safe staffing ratios, wages and other benefits.
HPAE Local 5138 Nurses reach agreement on enforceable nurse-to-patient safe staffing ratios at Southern Ocean Medical Center
Nurses—overworked and stressed out due to short staffing—are going on strike on Monday, June 9th to demand enforceable nurse-to-patient ratios in their contract.
The contract expired on April 30th with negotiations resuming on May 29th. With no movement from the employer, negotiations quickly broke down without an agreement.
The thousands of HPAE nurses and healthcare professionals represented in Bergen, Salem, Cumberland and Gloucester Counties have made clear they will not accept contracts that do not include enforceable nurse-to-patient ratios.