HPAE is committed to giving every health care professional a voice in their work place - that's why our membership has more than tripled in size since 1981.

Our Most Recent Organizing Efforts

Memorial Hospital of Salem County

Salem, NJ: Wanting a larger role in patient care and to protect health services for the community, more than 70% of the Registered Nurses at Salem Memorial Hospital filed a petition on May 19th for an election to join NJ’s largest nursing union, the Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE/AFT). Read More

Newton Memorial Hospital

In a vote count supervised by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in Newark on August 13, Registered Nurses from Newton Memorial Hospital voted 130 to 120 in favor of unionizing at the hospital. Read More