Virtua Memorial nurses ratify wage reopener in third year of contract
Virtua Memorial Hospital’s unionized Nurses have overwhelmingly ratified new, higher wages for the third year of the collective bargaining agreement they settled two years ago.
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U.S. Senator Booker joins HPAE and MHANJ to launch Moving Forward. Getting Stronger.
Spring and Summer 2022 virtual training sessions are free and open to the public EMERSON—As Americans enter the third year of the coronavirus pandemic, HPAE, AFT and the Mental Health Association in New Jersey (MHANJ) are joining together to Spring
Sen. Booker to join HPAE, NJ Mental Health Association to launch training on coping with COVID-19 stress, suffering and trauma
All workers, including healthcare workers, and the general public will participate in Spring and Summer 2022 training sessions.
Arbitrator rules in favor of a former HPAE Local Union President, who was unjustly terminated
HPAE member Adam Witt, a registered nurse and former president of HPAE Local 5058, was terminated by Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in March of 2020 and his picture was posted at security entrances
HPAE Visiting Nurses ratify 3-year contract
HPAE nurses at the Visiting Nurse Association—members of HPAE Local 5107 at VNA Health group of NJ and VNA of Englewood—have unanimously ratified a new three-year contract that improves compensation and benefits.
HPAE congratulates NJ Gov. Phil Murphy, Lieut. Gov. Sheila Oliver on their re-election and Labor candidates across NJ
HPAE congratulates NJ Gov. Phil Murphy and Lieut. Gov. Sheila Oliver on their re-election. Our union also congratulates all our brothers and sisters running for office as Labor Candidates.
HPAE Statement on the death of Maria Ambrocio of HPAE Local 5185
Our HPAE family is in deep mourning today after the tragic death of Maria Ambrocio, an HPAE Local 5185 member who worked in the Oncology unit at Bayonne Medical Center.
Debbie White, RN, Re-Elected As HPAE President At 2021 HPAE Virtual Convention
Hundreds of nurses and health professionals gathered virtually on October 6-7 to re-elect a tried and tested slate of state officers to continue leading HPAE for another three years after an unprecedented global pandemic.
HPAE Statement on 2021 Labor Day
Deep into the second year of this global pandemic, let’s take a moment to honor our healthcare workers, who continue to sacrifice and risk all—themselves and their families—to care for those most affected by the coronavirus.
Healthcare workers respond to vaccine mandates in their facilities
The mandate issued by Governor Murphy yesterday does not change our response to the issue of mandatory vaccination. As a union, we have the right to bargain our hours, wages and working conditions and this is no different.