May 26 2016 HPAE Locals Reach Contract Settlements with BRMC, VNA Two HPAE locals reached contract settlements this week. Local 5091, which represents RNs and non-nursing professionals at Bergen Regional Medical Center (BRMC), resolved the remaining issues with management to
May 19, 2016 Inspira RNs Are Fighting for Safe Staffing With two weeks left before their contracts expire, nurses from HPAE Locals 5131 and 5621 met on Tuesday with representatives from other unions and elected leaders at a community breakfast
May 12, 2016 HPAE Celebrates Nurses Week During Nurses Week, we celebrate all that nurses and healthcare professionals do to advocate for our patients and to deliver quality care. HPAE nurses and health professionals play a major role in
April 28, 2016 HPAE Stands with Striking Verizon Workers With their strike against Verizon in its second week, HPAE joined with hundreds of our striking brothers and sisters from the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood
April 14, 2016 Salem RNs Begin Bargaining First Contract HPAE Local 5142 RNs at Memorial Hospital of Salem County are finally at the bargaining table, negotiating their first contract with the for-profit owner of the hospital, Community Health Systems (CHS).
March 17, 2016 Pres. Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee Is Pro-Labor Yesterday, President Obama nominated Merrick Garland to be on the U.S. Supreme Court. In his nearly two decades on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit,
March 10, 2016 HPAE Lobby Day Set for May 16 We’ll be going back to Trenton on May 16 with our allies in the labor movement and in the community to advocate with state legislators for safe staffing legislation and other
March 24, 2016 HPAE Testifies at Budget Hearing On Monday, HPAE’s Public Policy Director Bridget Devane gave testimony to the NJ Assembly Budget Committee (Committee Chair Gary Schaer in the photo above) regarding the impact of Governor Christie’s proposed budget
March 3, 2016 Meridian Nurses Protest Health Benefits Contract Violation More than 800 Registered Nurses from Local 5058/Jersey Shore University Medical Center and Local 5138/Southern Ocean Medical Center have joined together in a class action grievance and mass petition that
February 25 2015 HPAE Demands Job Protections for RNs in Inspira-Bayada Joint Venture HPAE, which represents 1,300 nurses in the Inspira Health system, has filed a grievance over Inspira’s failure to provide proper notice regarding the transfer of the home