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HPAE endorses Payne for re-election

May 16, 2022 12:52 pm

The state’s largest nurses union is backing Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-Newark) for another term in New Jersey’s 10th district. “Congressman Payne is one of our state’s strongest advocates for affordable health care access and ensuring that health care is...

Nurses union irked by Murphy booster mandate

January 19, 2022 4:43 pm

The Healthcare Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE), the state’s largest union of nurses and health care workers, released a statement today expressing frustration at Gov. Phil Murphy’s new booster mandate for health care and congregate living workers, which also eliminates...

Unions and activists call on Menendez to support Medicare drug negotiation

October 26, 2021 2:35 pmOctober 26, 2021 6:06 pm

A coalition of left-leaning unions and activist groups in New Jersey released a statement today calling on Senator Bob Menendez to support a proposal allowing Medicare to negotiate with drug companies, an issue on which Menendez is currently one of...

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...