From Reuters, June 30, 2015 The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to take up a case that could weaken public sector unions, a challenge by 10 nonunion public school teachers who say California’s requirement that they pay the equivalent
“ From the Huffington Post, column by President Barack Obama, June 29, 2015 ….We’ve got to keep making sure hard work is rewarded. Right now, too many Americans are working long days for less pay than they deserve. That’s partly
“ From the NJ AFL-CIO, June 5, 2015 New Jersey State AFL-CIO President Charles Wowkanech and Secretary-Treasurer Laurel Brennan expressed the federation’s support for a proposal by Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto calling on Gov. Christie
From the Jersey Journal, June 29, 2015 With their contract expiring at 7 a.m. tomorrow, CarePoint Health nurses, technicians and other workers at two Hudson County hospitals took to picketing today to make a final push for a “fair contract”
From Hudson County View, June 29, 2015 “No contract? No peace!,” a few dozen employees chanted while protesting on the sidewalk in front of the Bayonne Medical Center this afternoon. Jean Pierce, the HPAE public policy coordinator, told Hudson County
After our previous email to you on June 24th, management has further clarified the schedule of our upcoming salary increases: As previously reported, our lump sum retroactive payment of $870 will be included in our July 2nd paycheck (this amount will
From KHN Kaiser Health News, June 26, 2015 The Affordable Care Act made it through its second do-or-die Supreme Court test in three years, raising odds for its survival but by no means ending the legal and political assaults on
For immediate release: June 25, 2015 For more information, contact: Anna Oman, 301-979-5899 [email protected] WASHINGTON—Statement from American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten on the Supreme Court’s King v. Burwell decision. The AFT is the second-largest nurses union in the
The negotiation team for HPAE Locals 5094 and 5089 had its first session for the contract renewal with the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations representing Rowan University on May 22nd. At that session, we discussed joint bargaining for both HPAE unions
The negotiation team for HPAE Locals 5094 and 5089 had its first session for the contract renewal with the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations representing Rowan University on May 22nd. At that session, we discussed joint bargaining for both HPAE unions