HPAE calls for Informational Picket Line, June 21
Today Local 5138 at SOMC and 5058 at JSUMC presented Hackensack Meridian Health management with a Ten Day Notice for a concerted activity, namely an Informational picketing event and flyering.
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Nurses on the COVID-19 pandemic frontlines to demand protections and recognition for their heroic efforts
Nurses at Southern Ocean and Jersey Shore University Medical Centers will hold informational pickets to protest lack of progress in bargaining new contract with Hackensack Meridian Health.
Local 5138 Bargaining Update, Contract Extension Reached
We came to a mutual agreement to extend the Union contract to June 15th, at 7am. This means the both sides will continue to work toward a tentative agreement and the contract is in full effect.
Local 5138 Bargaining Update, May 27, 2020
We have been working hard toward achieving a fair contract by working on our proposals and countering managements proposals, since our last bargaining session on May 21, 2020.
Nurses union authorizes strike vote amid strain over working conditions in coronavirus crisis
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to burden the healthcare system, a union representing 1,500 nurses at two shore hospitals took the first step Friday toward authorizing a strike should contract negotiations with Hackensack Meridian Health fail.
Jersey Shore and Southern Ocean Nurses Overwhelmingly Authorized Bargaining Committees to Strike
Nurses saving lives on the COVID-19 pandemic frontlines at two HMH hospitals are renegotiating a collective bargaining agreement that expires at month’s end.
May 12-14th Negotiations Updates
We are working toward getting an agreement by 7am on May 31 that includes winning improvements in staffing, health and safety, and accountability for HMH on payroll/PTO/LOA and wages.
Fed-up health care workers allege N.J. hospital is putting their lives at risk
Health care workers at a New Jersey hospital fear for their safety, alleging the facility has failed to protect them from infection while treating COVID-19 patients.
Local 5138 Teleconference Sign-up
The HPAE Local 5138 Executive Board invites you to join us for a teleconference on 18th 8am, 4pm, 8pm. This is a membership meeting with updates and a chance to ask questions.
May 12 and 13th Negotiations Update
We are working toward getting an agreement by 7am on May 31 that includes winning improvements in staffing, health and safety, accountability for HMH on payroll/PTO/LOA and wages.
May 8, 2020 Negotiations Update
We had a busy 6th day of bargaining. HMH responded to many of our proposals. However, their responses was short sited. They rejected all of our proposals about health and safety, workplace violence, staffing, transition and oversight and the pandemic.
Local 5138 Bargaining Update May 5, 2020
In preparation for both parties’ proposals on wages, including a market rate adjustment, HMH is sending you a survey to capture your years of experience as an RN, including any international RN experience.