Local Updates

Local Updates
October 10, 2025

As some of you may have heard, Heights University Hospital is going through financial hardships that could lead to the facility closing, leaving over 300,000 residents of Jersey City being served only by Jersey City Medical Center.

Local Updates
October 10, 2025

Please be advised that nominations are now open for all officer positions of Local 5089. Only members in good standing may nominate or be nominated. This election will take place by secret mail ballot.

Local Updates
October 10, 2025

Please be advised that nominations are now open for all officer positions of Local 5097. Only members in good standing may nominate or be nominated. This election will take place by secret mail ballot.

Local Updates
October 10, 2025

The election committee has made a provisional ruling that a rerun of the Local 5103 Vice President election is required. All candidates and protesters were informed of this decision on September 26, 2025.

Local Updates
September 09, 2025

In a Friday afternoon press release, the hospital’s new owner, Hudson Regional Health, announced that without substantial state aid, the 153-year-old hospital, recently renamed Heights University Hospital, would likely be shuttered.

Local Updates
September 09, 2025

Management has NO PLAN to fix its finances and STILL doesn't know who they're planning to lay off or what services they'll close at Heights Hospital.