HPAE Strike FAQ June 1st Membership Meeting
The negotiations team has called for an open-ended strike. This means that it would last until we reach an agreement with the hospital that we can ratify.
Hackensack Health System
LOCAL 5138 MEMBER UPDATE – MAY 14, 2025
After three months of negotiations, HMH has refused to address our demand for enforceable staffing ratios, even though Palisades Medical Center (HPAE Local 5030) won a union contract with ratios last year. Why does HMH think our patients deserve less?
Local 5058 Officer Election Update
Dear Members: HPAE Local 5058 Officer nominations are closed. We currently have a contested election for the office of President. The Vice President and Unit Representative positions are uncontested. Ballots will be mailed out April 20, 2023 to all Local
Nurses Leaflet at Hospitals Across New Jersey, Build Momentum for May 11 Trenton Safe Staffing Rally
HPAE Nurses Leaflet at Hospitals Across New Jersey, Building Momentum to Next Month’s Rally in Trenton for Safe Staffing Frontline healthcare workers will gather at NJ State Capitol on Thursday, May 11, 2023 to urge lawmakers to mandate enforceable staffing
Hackensack Meridian Health: Profits Before Safe Care?
Introduction Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s Registered Nurses (RNs), members of HPAE Local 5058, have been at the forefront of the war against the coronavirus pandemic since it was barely a rumored overseas outbreak. The sickest members of our community
Local 5058 Contract Update – July 29, 2022
Bargaining Update July 29, 2022 In these negotiations with Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH), our message to the employer is Respect Us. Protect Us, Support Us. As negotiations progress, we will provide regular updates. Our strength is all of us standing
N.J. health system pushes back closure of child care program after employee outcry
Hackensack Meridian Health has pushed back the planned shutdown of its decades-old onsite child care program for employees by three months after fierce criticism from staff and a union representing health care workers. READ MORE
Local 5058 Contract Update – July 27, 2022
As we begin early negotiations with Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH), our message to the employer is Respect Us. Protect Us, Support Us. Over the last two years HMH has profited off our work, while too many of us have suffered.
HPAE statement on HMH’s closure of JSUMC’s childcare center
Emerson, NJ— Jersey Shore University Medical Center (JSUMC) nurses and healthcare workers have relied on the childcare center at their hospital for decades. Now, Hackensack Meridian Health, the corporation that owns JSUMC, will close the center on September 30, 2022, leaving
LOCAL 5097 NOTICE OF 2022 NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION OF AFT CONVENTION DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES
The Nominations/Election Committee announces that they are now accepting nominations to represent Local 5097 at this year’s AFT National Convention. This year’s convention will be held at Boston Convention Center and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts, July 12th – 17th,
