Bayonne Medical Center Workers and Christ Hospital Nurses Overwhelmingly Authorize Strikes
Hundreds of workers saving lives in Jersey City and Bayonne are working on contracts that will expire in days.
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Nurses at Inspira Health win guaranteed nurse-to-patients safe staffing ratios
Nurses of HPAE Locals 5131, 5142 and 5621 at Inspira Health have ratified new groundbreaking contracts with guaranteed nurse-to-patient safe staffing ratios as well as improved wages, benefits and working conditions.
HPAE endorses Mikie Sherrill for NJ Governor
In the 2025 Elections, HPAE is supporting candidates who have shown support for the passage of the “Patient Protection and Safe Staffing Act,” which mandates guaranteed safe staffing ratios in all hospitals.
HPAE Local 5138 Nurses ratify new contract with guaranteed nurse-to-patient safe staffing ratios at Southern Ocean Medical Center
HPAE Local 5138 Nurses at Southern Ocean Medical Center have ratified a new three-year contract with their employer that includes guaranteed nurse-to-patient safe staffing ratios, wages and other benefits.
Strike Averted at Southern Ocean Medical Center as Nurses agree on contract with staffing ratios
HPAE Local 5138 Nurses reach agreement on enforceable nurse-to-patient safe staffing ratios at Southern Ocean Medical Center
Southern Ocean Medical Center Nurses ULP Strike against Hackensack Meridian Health
Nurses—overworked and stressed out due to short staffing—are going on strike on Monday, June 9th to demand enforceable nurse-to-patient ratios in their contract.
Nurses at HMH’s Southern Ocean Medical Center to go on Strike, June 9th
The contract expired on April 30th with negotiations resuming on May 29th. With no movement from the employer, negotiations quickly broke down without an agreement.
Hospital Workers are Prepared to Strike for Safe Staffing Ratios
The thousands of HPAE nurses and healthcare professionals represented in Bergen, Salem, Cumberland and Gloucester Counties have made clear they will not accept contracts that do not include enforceable nurse-to-patient ratios.
HPAE statement on the federal budget
The budget deal passed by the Republicans in the House of Representatives strips away support programs from the people who need it most in order to give large tax cuts to those who need it the least.
HMH Healthcare Workers question why Ocean County patients can’t have the same safe care as Hudson County
Contract for Nurses saving lives at Hackensack Meridian Health’s hospital expired April 30
