Despite a long-term trend of declining union membership in the U.S., labor action is alive and well in New Jersey and can still produce results at the bargaining table, as the Garden State has recently seen.
The stress and burnout of unsafe staffing is the primary reason nurses are migrating out of our hospitals. Trying to care for too many patients at one time creates an environment where nurses can’t possibly give the best care.
The vote to authorize the strike was near unanimous: The total number of union voting members at the hospital is 1,700, and 1,411 voted "yes" to go on strike and 65 voted not to strike, according to the nurses' union.
Local 5058 Deserves Safe Staffing at Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore HPAE Local 5058 continues to bargain with Hackensack Meridian at Jersey Shore University Medical Center as the September 8th contract expiration draws closer. Keep an eye out for the
Ryan Novosielski – Co-President RBHC Newark & UH I’m Ryan. I currently serve as Co-President, and have worked at the combined Rutgers for 26 years, starting at UMDNJ as a high school intern. I graduated from Rutgers College in 2004,
HMH has proposed many takeaways which the union has rejected.
The negotiations team has called for an open-ended strike. This means that it would last until we reach an agreement with the hospital that we can ratify.
Inspira Health Network would be hardest hit if Health Professionals and Allied Employees, the state’s largest nurses union, choose to go on strike.
Members of the union representing nurses at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center have authorized a strike if an agreement can’t be reached on a new contract that provides lower staff-to-patient ratios.
University Hospital, New Jersey’s only public acute-care hospital, needs a strong and vocal champion, advocates say, especially given ongoing reconstruction at its Newark campus and the potential for massive federal funding cuts to health care programs.