We want to congratulate the United Steelworkers 4-200 nurses on the successful ratification of their contract. The prolonged strike has highlighted the critical issue of safe staffing in the state of New Jersey.
We are so proud of the USW Nurses who have had the courage and resolve to stand for what is right, not only for nurses, but for patients.
The more than 40 nurses at Complete Care at the Harborage, a 245-bed long-term nursing care facility in North Bergen, are petitioning the National Labor Relations Board for an election to join HPAE.
In race after race across New Jersey, candidates who pledged to back S304/A4536, to mandate safe staffing in New Jersey hospitals, came out ahead.
As we head into this fall’s elections, with all 120 seats in the New Jersey legislature up this year, HPAE has made support for safe staffing legislation a key indicator for endorsement of candidates.
HPAE nurses and healthcare workers stand in solidarity with our USW4-200 nursing colleagues, at RWJUH, in the important fight for safe staffing. Hospital executives must not continue their short-sighted practice of down staffing to save money.
Please attribute the following statement to HPAE President Debbie White, RN EMERSON—HPAE nurses and health professionals at University Hospital have a special appreciation for the support Lt. Gov. Oliver provided as she reinforced the commitments made to the community of
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) did not flinch from the scope of challenges facing University Hospital in Newark and the need for critical upgrades and outright replacement of parts of the infrastructure in its study of a Master
Today, the Rutgers Board of Governors voted to merge the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick with the New Jersey Medical School in Newark.
After months of bargaining with Hackensack Meridian Health executives, nurses brought their message to the public’s attention as they continue to bargain for a contract that helps to recruit and retain nursing staff during a state-wide staffing crisis in hospitals.