Atlantic Health, Saint Peter’s Healthcare move toward strategic partnership
Atlantic Health System and Saint Peter’s Healthcare System announced Jan. 31 signing a Letter of Intent (LOI) to establish a strategic partnership.
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New Brunswick strike deal offers hope in nurse-patient ratio battles
When nurses agreed to settle their nearly five-month strike against Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick in December, a key component was getting specific nurse-to-patient ratios codified in their contract, along with ...
Hundreds of nurses demand safe staffing law at packed Statehouse hearing. ‘This will save lives.’
On Thursday ... union leaders urged a state Senate panel to make enforceable staffing ratios the law in hospitals and surgery centers across New Jersey..
Are New Jerseyans getting sicker? Hospital report shows spike in chronic conditions
Almost a third of patients admitted to a New Jersey hospital in 2022 had eight or more chronic conditions — an increase from about 25% in 2016, according to a study by the New Jersey Hospital Association.
Nurses at the Harborage in North Bergen triumph in election to join HPAE
Nurses at the Harborage in North Bergen, a 245-bed nursing care facility, are now waiting for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to certify yesterday’s vote to join the Health Professionals & Allied Employees (HPAE) union.
Local 5147 Negotiations Update, November 16, 2023
We presented management with several proposals on staffing issues (charge nurse assignments, conversion language to create more FT/PT positions) as well as some modifications of our proposal on terminal benefits.
CODE RED: From Crisis to Action
On October 12, 2023, HPAE hosted its first in-person Professional Issues Conference (PIC) in four years. More than 130 participants gathered in North Brunswick for Code Red: From Crisis to Action to hear from experts providing insight on how healthcare
Nurses testify that N.J. hospital is unsafe due to understaffing
The health care workers testified Friday morning that Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital is increasingly unsafe because of insufficient staffing as they sat across from Sen. Bernie Sanders during a U.S. Senate committee hearing.
RWJUH Nurses Steal the Show During Bernie Sanders’ Hearing
Bernie Sanders sat on the left side of the stage – the far left, you could say – and fiddled with papers, adjusted his glasses and listened for nearly 90 minutes as nurses testified, labor leaders opined, and a health
Sen. Bernie Sanders joins nurses strike at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Thousands of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital nurses gathered with community members for a rally in New Brunswick following a Senate field hearing led by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.
