January 15, 2015 Jean Pierce, HPAE Public Policy staff, and Pete Guzzo, HPAE lobbyist, testified today before the Assembly Labor Committee today in support of Assembly bill A3949, sponsored by Assemblyman Dan Benson, which would require hospitals and employers to
“ By Ann Twomey, NJ.com OpEd, December 30, 2014 Whether the victim of a devastating car accident, a potential Ebola patient landing at Newark Liberty International Airport, or because of a ‘routine’ illness or surgery, when patients come through the
From NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, December 18, 2014 TRENTON — A group of Rutgers University faculty members and union officials stood with state lawmakers on the steps of the Statehouse today and called for the state university’s leaders to
December 18, 2014 Jeanne Otersen, HPAE Chief of Staff, testified before the New Jersey Assembly Budget Committee on Monday, December 15 in support of A.2354, a bill that would provide all New Jersey workers with earned sick leave. Currently, several
November 28, 2014 Representatives from HPAE and two AFT local unions at Rutgers University joined with over 300 people from various labor organizations, community groups, and faith-based communities at the Walmart Supercenter in North Bergen, NJ today to demand that
From The Record, November 14, 2014 Bergen County Executive-elect James Tedesco has tapped 80 people to serve on his transition team — the largest ever in a changeover of county administrations — as he prepares to take office in January.
Friday, November 14, 2014 After voting to unionize in October with the Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE), Registered Nurses at Inspira Medical Center-Woodbury elected a negotiating committee of 20 RNs to bargain a first collective bargaining agreement with hospital
“ Newark Star Ledger, October 28, 2014 We are relieved that Governor Christie has freed Kaci Hickox from her inhumane and possibly illegal confinement to a tent behind Newark’s University Hospital. Ms. Hickox, a heroic nurse and epidemiologist, returned to
“ NJ’s nurses and healthcare workers stand ready to meet the needs of our patients and communities in minimizing risk and exposure due to the Ebola Virus. To do that, nurses and healthcare workers need be confident that our hospitals,
From NJ.com, October 16, 2014 The state’s largest health-care union wants any confirmed Ebola patient treated at a single designated hospital, to both minimize exposure of workers and provide care by expert teams. Such a centralized approach would go against