Local 5147 - Health Professionals & Allied Employees

Welcome to Local 5147

Local 5147 represents Registered Nurses, Professionals, Technical Staff, and Service Workers at Hudson Regional Hospital in Seacaucus, NJ.

News

Local 5147 Contract Survey
Sep 06 2023

Our contract expires at the stroke of midnight, December 31st, 2023.  We are currently surveying our membership to see what matters most to them.

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Local 5147 RN & OR Tech Increases
Jun 22 2023

When you voted on our positions, you sent a message. You gave us not just your vote of confidence in representing you in the workplace but you also entrusted us to keep your future best interests at heart.

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Local 5147 Update on NLRB Settlement with MHA
Apr 28 2023

HPAE opposed the settlement for several reasons and therefore has no official role in the distribution of the money. MHA made monthly payments to the NLRB from October 2019 to May 2021 – and the money is in the NLRB’s

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Local 5147 Officer Election Results
Apr 27 2023

The American Arbitration Association (AAA) has conducted and tallied the Election of officers for Local 5147. Thank you to all the members who participated in this important democratic process. Thank you to those members who ran as candidates.

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Local 5147 Wage Enhancements
Feb 16 2023

Over the course of the past year or so, we have been pressuring management to increase wages for all of our titles, as the current rates have fallen below market in many cases.

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Local 5147 RN Retention Bonus
Jan 26 2023

Your local leadership is happy to announce that we have come to an agreement with management on a Retention Bonus for all FT and PT RN’s. The bonus will be $3/hr. for all hours WORKED.

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Weapons found at HRH
Aug 15 2022

As many of you have learned, there was an incident at the hospital about 4 weeks ago that required the local police department to do an investigation here at the hospital.

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Union Continues Fighting for Wage Increases
Jul 27 2022

Over the past several months, we on the LEB and the union staff have been advocating for increased pay for all of our members. While we have yet to be able to convince management that everyone needs and deserves a

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HPAE Local 5147 Rumors and Raises
Mar 24 2022

This is in response to recent rumors regarding HPAE not allowing Dr Kifaieh& Hudson Regional to give raises to members of our union. The union has not been approached by Dr Kifaieh or anyone from management regarding raises.

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IDA Relief Resources for HPAE members
Sep 29 2021

Below are resources for those of us affected by hurricane Ida. Please avail yourself of these services if necessary. Click here for a link to the relief resources. In solidarity, HPAE Local 5147 LEB

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Hurricane Ida
Sep 03 2021

Hurricane Ida bared down on us this week more quickly than expected and cause more flooding than many anticipated.

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HPAE Local 5147 Election Update
Apr 14 2021

We are happy to announce that our officer elections are over, and your Local Executive Board is now approved by the membership. Congratulations to all who participated and especially to those who stepped up and decided to get more involved.

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Local 5147 Contract Ratified!
Feb 10 2021

Over the course of Monday and Tuesday you all voted on whether to accept the new agreement reached with Hudson Regional. We are pleased to announce that the membership accepted the contract with a full 88% of members voting in

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Local 5147 Job Action Authorization Voting
Jan 25 2021

AAA, American Arbitration Association will be conducting our Job Action Authorization vote. The emailing of voting instructions and Personal Identification Numbers (“PINs”) will take place on Monday, January 25, 2021at 6:00 A.M.

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Local 5147 member update, December 23, 2020
Dec 23 2020

We met again with management for negotiations today - an additional session that management asked for. Unfortunately, they did not come to the table with a counter proposal on wages or other economics. This was very disappointing.

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Local 5147 bargaining update, December 11, 2020
Dec 14 2020

We had our sixth bargaining session with management. Yesterday they left us with their initial offer: a 1.6% raise over three years. They also moved in our direction on some of our demands regarding differentials

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Local 5147 members approve agreement with new owner
Jan 05 2018

Local 5147 members at the newly named Hudson Regional Hospital (formerly Meadowlands Hospital MC) approved terms of an agreement with new owner which included union recognition rights and a commitment to negotiate a new contract within 120 days.

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Sale of Meadowlands Hospital Receives Final Approval
Dec 18 2017

The state has approved the sale of Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center, the Secaucus hospital where admissions have plummeted under private ownership, to a multimillionaire real-estate developer who owns a Bergen County surgical center. 

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Meadowlands Hospital Slated to be Sold
Apr 09 2017

From NorthJersey.com Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center –the Secaucus hospital where inpatient admissions have dropped to fewer than 30 patients a day – is slated to be sold to a multimillionaire real estate developer who owns a pair of surgery centers

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Arbitration Victory for Local 5147 Members
Jan 17 2017

On January 12th, Arbitrator Michael Pecklers ruled that Meadowlands Hospital had violated the contract and the law by failing to annually advance nurses and techs on the wage step scale as required by the contract.

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$12M Bid to Buy Secaucus Hospital
Sep 03 2016

Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center, a struggling for-profit facility in Secaucus, has been approached by a buyer offering $12.2 million for the hospital, according to state records.

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Thats all, folks - no more news!