HPAE Statement on Rutgers Medical Schools Merger
Today, the Rutgers Board of Governors voted to merge the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick with the New Jersey Medical School in Newark.
Today, the Rutgers Board of Governors voted to merge the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick with the New Jersey Medical School in Newark.
We will keep you informed as we begin to work with Rutgers to process the scheduled increases and to complete the final draft of the contract for posting to the website and to be printed for our members.
We are excited to announce that on Friday we reached tentative agreements with Rowan University on three of our non-economic proposals and have made further progress on several other articles, including our reassignment language.
New Jersey lawmakers agreed to boost funding by about $35 million for University Hospital in Newark as part of the last-minute budget negotiations that added more than a billion dollars to the proposed state spending plan for the fiscal year
The HPAE 5094 United Bargaining Team at Rutgers is pleased to announce that we reached a tentative agreement with the University. The tentative agreement does not become our contract until our membership votes to ratify the agreement.
Following our last bargaining session, we reviewed the package presented by the employer with an open mind.
Members of HPAE came together across New Jersey to stand in solidarity for a strong contract with Rutgers University as our campaign approaches one year in negotiations and in the streets building the power that wins. Members made waves at
On Friday, June 2nd, we had our first negotiation session with Rowan University SOM and the state of New Jersey.
Send Your HPAE Team to bargaining on June 7 with your full support. On Tuesday, June 6th at 12:15 PM, Join an HPAE Solidarity Walk at locations across the state and tell Rutgers: We Deserve Better!
Register in advance for these meetings (please do so at least 1 hour before the meeting so we will have time to approve your registration and ensure you will be able to attend).
If you want to get to a place where we can move management, be at our upcoming membership meetings, we will discuss this in detail and voice your view: your active participation is key to settling the best contract possible
Next Tuesday, May 16th from 12-1:30p, we will be discussing and editing proposals drafts based on the survey results.