Local 5004 Negotiations Update, May 21
Today we pressed the hospital to address several major issues: vacation, education, staffing, and wages. EHMC has no real response to these issues. They continue to tell us they will “get back to us.”
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Local 5004 Negotiations Update, Tuesday, May 20
On May 20th, the hospital could not enter into a discussion on staffing and education. But they did give us a wage proposal.
President Debbie White’s Letter to Gov. Murphy on new CDC Mask Mandate
We are writing to applaud your announcement that NJ will maintain an indoor masking mandate despite the new CDC guidance that fully vaccinated people could go without face coverings and social distancing.
Virtua Health Willingboro Workers petition the NLRB to join HPAE Union
HPAE Organizing Committees of Nurses and Service Workers at Virtua Willingboro have filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board for union representation elections at Virtua Willingboro Hospital.
Sign up form for the NJ Legislative District 37 voter registration phone bank
The primary election is on June 8th and HPAE is supporting Valerie Vainieri Huttle for the NJ Senate, replace retiring Senator Loretta Weinberg who has been a strong advocate for working people in Legislative District 37. We are conducting phone
HPAE 2021 International Workers’ Memorial Day Statement
On this International Workers' Memorial Day, we take a moment to honor the memory of HPAE members we lost to workplace acquired COVID-19 infections during this most difficult of years.
Historic Negotiations with Lessons Learned from Pandemic
Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE), the union representing 14,000 nurses and healthcare workers, are entering negotiations with an overarching focus on worker and patient safety measures, safe staffing, and infectious disease preparedness.
HPAE endorses Valerie Huttle in Legislative District 37 race to replace Senator Loretta Weinberg
HPAE President Debbie White, RN, said New Jersey’s largest union of nurses and healthcare workers is choosing Huttle because she is a longtime champion of working people.
HPAE Statement on Gov. Murphy’s Budget Announcement
After years of underfunding, we applaud Governor Murphy and Treasurer Muoio for taking strides to invest in NJ's public health infrastructure. Our state can no longer afford to neglect infectious disease prevention programs.
HPAE Statement on Gov. Murphy signing the COVID-19 Workplace Data law
HPAE healthcare workers applaud Governor Murphy's insistence that frontline caregivers need to be at the front of the vaccine line, so they can continue to safely provide care for COVID-19 patients.