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HPAE Statement on Negotiations with University Hospital in Newark
HPAE locals 5089 and 5094 will continue negotiating with University Hospital in Newark during this final week of contract expiration to give the employer every opportunity to bargain, safe staffing, fair wages, and benefits.
Potential nurse strike looms at University Hospital as contracts set to expire (video)
There could be a potential nurse strike next week at University Hospital in Newark when their current contract expires on Sept. 30. While the two sides have been meeting, the union representing nurses says little progress has been made.
CarePoint Health announces potential layoff of 2,600 employees in New Jersey (video)
CarePoint Health says 2,600 employees working in its hospitals may be laid off in December. These employees work at Bayonne Medical Center, Christ Hospital in Jersey City and Hoboken University Hospital.
Nurses in Newark demand lower patient-to-staff ratios as contract talks heat up
Ten days before a contract between University Hospital in Newark and its nurses is set to expire, the two sides remain at odds mostly over one issue that has had a serious impact on hospitals and their nurses nationwide: patient-to-worker
Op-Ed: The transformative power of union membership
HPAE, the largest union of health care workers in NJ, is 50 years old. Its president reflects on lessons for workers — and patients
More nurses at the bedside: NJ unions bargain for better staff ratios
Within the last few weeks, New Jersey’s largest nurses' union has settled contracts at three hospitals that included language to secure lower staffing ratios...