RNs at Memorial Hospital of Salem County (MHSC), who are represented by HPAE Local 5142, have just won a big victory. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the nurses and upheld an order for the hospital
At a public hearing before the Office of the NJ Attorney General, held on December 3, Local 5030 VP Zahia Zhort spoke in support, with conditions, of the proposed affiliation agreement between Hackensack University Health Network (HUHN) and Palisades
From Fierce Healthcare, December 11, 2015 Survival rates for patients who suffer in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) during their hospital stay are often low. Less than 25 percent of these patients live to return home. However, rates can vary significantly from
From NJ Spotlight , December 11, 2015 Labor unions representing the state’s nurses have won a key legislative skirmish over reducing the registered nurses-to-patients ratio allowed in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. But it remains very uncertain whether the unions
From NJ Advance Media for NJ.com , December 10, 2015 TRENTON — Hospitals and same-day surgery centers would be required to meet minimum nursing-to-patient requirements or face fines by the state Department of Health under a bill approved Thursday by
From NJ Advance Media for NJ.com , December 8, 2015 TRENTON — State Senate President Stephen Sweeney introduced legislation Monday that would cement state officials’ promises to fund government workers’ pensions in the New Jersey constitution. Read the New Jersey
From The Record, December 5, 2015 New Jersey’s non-profit hospitals may not pay property taxes, but they generate so many jobs, both directly and indirectly, that their economic activity contributes more than $1.4 billion to local and state tax revenues,
December 6, 2015 HPAE President Ann Twomey and leaders from four HPAE locals attended an AFT regional conference in Philadelphia yesterday and today. [Photo: Kelly Trautner AFT), Tom Murphy (Local 5094), Jeff Peck (Local 5091), Gary Peoples (Local 5106), Judy
December 2, 2015 SEIU Local 721 represents workers at the facility in San Bernardino, CA where fourteen people were killed and twenty one injured in a mass shooting. In response to the shooting, the local’s President, Bob Schoonover, issued the
From NJ.com MANNINGTON TWP. — For the second time in its nearly 100-year history, The Memorial Hospital of Salem County has been sold. The announcement came Tuesday morning saying that Memorial Hospital’s owner, Community Health Systems, would sell the acute
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