Tentative Agreement Reached!
Because of all the solidarity you have shown in this fight over the past several months, we have reached a tentative agreement with the hospital!
Because of all the solidarity you have shown in this fight over the past several months, we have reached a tentative agreement with the hospital!
The Nominations/Election Committee announces that they are now accepting nominations to represent Local 5142 at this year’s HPAE State Convention.
Because of the strong show of unity you've made through the buttons and Facebook photos, as well as the notice we gave for our informational picket, management made some movement in negotiations last week.
We will be holding a membership call on Tuesday, July 6th at 8:00pm to give you a fuller update on negotiations, to plan for the picket and to talk about our strategy moving forward.
We are pushing forward with negotiations with the hospital. We have now put forth all of our proposals, including increased better staffing language, increased PTO, and many other changes that are deeply important for us and the for the future
Because of circumstances outside of anyone’s control, the Hospital had to postpone our bargaining sessions this week. Management proposed a one month extension of our contract, which we rejected.
Healthcare workers at Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen and the Harborage, a long-term care facility at the Palisades campus voted to authorize concerted job action if Hackensack Meridian continues to stall during negotiations.
On Friday, April 23rd, our committee had its first negotiation session with management.
Now that we have our ratified contract, it’s important that we continue the momentum and solidarity we have built!
Today, our Union ratified a collective bargaining agreement with the hospital. This could not happen without the solidarity of all the nurses that stood behind us during this fight.
HPAE Local 5142 members, who have been negotiating with Community Healthcare Associates, LLC, and its owner Bill Colgan, since December 2019, will vote over the next few days over whether to accept the terms their committee negotiated with the employer.
AAA, American Arbitration Association will be conducting Local 5142 Contract Ratification vote. The emailing of voting instructions and Personal Identification Numbers (“PINs”) will take place on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 5:00 A.M.