Local 5118 Newsletter - The Communicator

March 2012

The latest issue of the local newsletter The Communicator includes a President's Message regarding the need to support the HPAE Committee on Political Education (COPE), information about labor laws and the role of unions, an account of a work shift by PICU RN Suzanne Butler, and a report on labor-management issues, including the hospital's progressive discipline procedures.

Joint Labor Management Meetings
DATES: March 15, April 19, May 17, June 21, July 19, August 16, September 20, October 18, November 5, & Dec. 20.

Case Management Labor Management Meetings
DATES: March 28, April 25, May 30, June 27, July 25, Aug. 29, Sept. 26, Oct. 31, Nov. 28 & Dec. 19

Staffing Committee Meetings
DATES: The same dates as the Labor Management meetings above.

Joint Health and Safety Committee
DATES: July and December (TBD)

Safe Patient Handling Task Force
DATES: March 12, May 14, July 9, Sept. 10, Nov. 12

CARE Task Force Meetings (Violence Prevention)
DATES: Monthly - 2nd Tuesday of the month

Executive Board Meetings
DATES: March 11, April 19, May 9, June 6, July 11, August 8, Sept. 10 through 12 (Strategic Planning Retreat), Oct. 10, Nov. 7, Dec. 5

Local 5118 New Union Member Orientation
Nurses being hired into Cooper University Hospital will have a 1 hour meeting with representatives from the union on the following Friday mornings, from 8:30 am till 9:30 am as part of their hospital orientation.

DATES: March 16, April 20, May 11, June 8, July 13, July 27, Aug. 24, Sept. 28, Oct. 26, Nov. 30, and Dec. 14

Local Union Rep Meetings
DATES: March 21, June 14, Aug. 23, Oct. 25, and Dec. 13
All meetings are at 9 am and 8 pm.

General Membership Meetings
DATE: May 9, 2012
8 am, 1 pm, 6 pm, and 8 pm
Quality Inn and Convention Center
Route 38 West
Maple Shade, New Jersey, 08108

Educational Seminars
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