Union and consumer activists announced a campaign Tuesday to strengthen non-profit hospitals, as the number of for-profit purchases of New Jersey hospitals accelerates. Spurred by recent announcements that Prime Healthcare Services plans to buy two distressed urban hospitals — St.
The 10th Anniversary of Women in Leadership Development (WILD) Conference brought together over 200 women unionists from diverse generational, geographical, and occupational backgrounds in New Jersey, and included many familiar faces as well as many new faces. HPAE leaders
UNION COUNTY — The county could be getting out of the hospital business. Although a recently released executive budget forecasts a better overall financial picture dawning over the county, new revenue is “desperately needed,” county Manager Al Faella wrote in a
Tuesday, March 5, 2013 Senate Budget Committee Jeanne Otersen, Policy Director, HPAE Thank you, Chairman and members of the Senate Budget Committee for the opportunity to speak to you about the Governor’s proposed FY2014 budget. My name is
Health Professionals and Allied Employees/AFT/AFL-CIO 110 Kinderkamack Road Emerson, NJ 07630 201-262-5005 www.hpae.org Statement on the re-organization or privatization of Runnells Specialized Hospital Barbara Egger RN, President HPAE Local 5112 February 21, 2013 Thank you for the opportunity
February 25, 2013 HPAE participated in a press conference today in Trenton to support efforts in the New Jersey state legislature to pass common sense gun control legislation. HPAE's representative at the conference was HPAE Public Policy Director Jeanne Otersen.
February 25, 2013 HPAE joined New Jersey Citizen Action (NJCA) and othe groups at a press conference in Trenton to urge Governor Christie to agree to the expansion of Medicaid in New Jersey. As part of the the Affordable Care
2013 Election Results New Jerseyans decisively voted in favor of a raise in the minimum wage and continued to support pro-labor and pro-healthcare state legislators. But despite her vigorous campaign and championing of working families in the state, State Senator
The union representing nurses at Meadowlands Hospital and Medical Center in Secaucus held a vigil outside the hospital Wednesday night to protest what they said were violations of employee rights by the hospital’s new owners. About 50 nurses and other union
Although the election for Governor is not until November 2013, the HPAE COPE Committee held a wide-ranging discussion with Democratic candidate for Governor, State Senator Barbara Buono, as part of its interview process. COPE Committee members were impressed by Buono's