The urgent need for Safe Staffing legislation in New Jersey. Understaffing is driving our healthcare system to the brink of collapse.That is why HPAE, New Jersey’s largest union of healthcare workers,is pushing the state legislature to pass a law in
Introduction Jersey Shore University Medical Center’s Registered Nurses (RNs), members of HPAE Local 5058, have been at the forefront of the war against the coronavirus pandemic since it was barely a rumored overseas outbreak. The sickest members of our community
Our survey, returned by 1,100 HPAE healthcare workers, gave us a frontline picture of the shortcomings of our pandemic response and the impact those gaps had on not only the workers, but on the care they provided and on the
Congratulations on joining HPAE, New Jersey’s largest healthcare union with affiliated locals in the Philadelphia area. We’ve grown since our founding in 1974 through a comprehensive organizing program, strong and effective membership representation, and skilled and determined advocacy for progressive
The health care landscape has changed dramatically in the past decade, driven by reimbursement changes, hospital consolidations, health reform, and hospital and health system competition. In New Jersey, financially vulnerable hospitals have reduced services and staff, gone through bankruptcy or closed, undergone
The accelerated introduction of for-profit hospitals in New Jersey over the past five years presents a challenge for patient care advocates, state legislators, government regulators, consumers and health professionals. The availability, quality and affordability of health care in our communities
Our union, Local 5103 of the Health Professionals and Allied Employees, AFT, AFL-CIO (HPAE) representing Registered Nurses and Donor Collection Assistants are in the midst of a labor dispute with our employer, the American Red Cross Blood Services Division, Penn-Jersey
While some might consider New Jersey’s health care environment highly-regulated, in reality, control over quality, staffing and the allocation of precious healthcare dollars is largely in the hands of individual hospitals, operating in a competitive environment, and accountable more to