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Key labor leaders endorse Chiaravalloti for re-election, ask Hudson Democrat to get on board

March 30, 2021 5:54 pm

A group of five major New Jersey labor leaders have endorsed Assembly Majority Whip Nicholas Chiaravalloti (D-Bayonne) for re-election and have encouraged Hudson County Democrats to endorse him for re-election in the June primary. The five—SEIU 32BJ state director Kevin...

Nurses union endorses Vainieri Huttle

February 25, 2021 2:53 pm

The state’s largest nurses and healthcare workers union today endorsed Valerie Vainieri Huttle for the Democratic State Senate nomination in the 37th district. “Valerie has answered the call on many occasions when HPAE members reached out to her in their...

Debbie White elected as AFT vice president

September 2, 2020 4:05 pm

The head of New Jersey’s largest healthcare union is going national. On Tuesday, Health Professionals and Allied Employees President Debbie White was elected to be vice president of the American Federation of Teachers, HPAE’s parent organization. “This is an important...

Labor board slams Hackensack Meridian Health for nursing contract negotiations

May 5, 2020 1:36 pmMay 8, 2020 8:33 pm

Hackensack Meridian Health failed to negotiate in good faith during contract negotiations with a nurses union in 2018, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled. The decision is a win for the Health Professional and Allied Employees (HPAE), which represents...

Nurses approve University Hospital with 98% of vote

December 12, 2019 1:17 pm

Registered nurses at University Hospital in Newark have approved a new contract by a stackesque 98%-2% vote. The nurses are represented by the Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE) Local 5089. “This contract will help ensure that University Hospital patients...

Nurses union backs Democrats in key legislative races

October 3, 2019 11:56 am

The Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE) union has all Democrats for the 2019 mid-term legislative races, except for Assemblyman Sean Kean (R-Wall) in the 30th district. Clinton Calabrese (D-Cliffside Park) is the lone incumbent Democratic legislator in the state...

HPAE praises Persichilli nomination

June 25, 2019 11:11 am

Health Professionals and Allied Employees, a medical workers union, is backing Judith Persichilli’s appointment to head the Department of Health. “Whenever nurses — who serve on the frontlines of healthcare delivery and patient care every day —move into leadership positions,...