New Jersey Nurses Union : Featured News

Dear Members,

As we close out a year like no other in our personal and professional lives, I cannot help but be grateful to you all for your perseverance as nurses through the worst pandemic in our lifetime. The strength, compassion more...

National Nurses United urges the CDC to revise its dangerous guidance saying vaccinated people no longer need to wear more ...
  August 14, 2020 Dear NJNU Members: The company and your NJNU-CWA bargaining team met virtually again via GoToMeeting. The Team has persisted and we have tentatively agreed on language for PPE yesterday and Staffing the prior session. Discussions have continued regarding Sick Leave during a pandemic to assure certain time paid. For the first time the hospital countered on our proposal, and we responded to that proposal to hopefully come to an agreement. We know that our members want details on our financial proposals; we will not be bringing exact number or percentages in these...
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August 7, 2020 Dear NJNU Members: The company and your NJNU-CWA bargaining team met virtually again via GoToMeeting. The Medical Center responded to most of the pending request for information that the Union has made.  We are evaluating those responses in order to understand the way the Medical Center provided the necessary time off for our nurses to protect themselves.  Is our intent to keep looking for creative ways to address this issue.   We also continued our lengthy discussions over Personal Protective Equipment, and the ability of the Medical Center to provide our...
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We stand in solidarity with the Hackensack Nurses
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Dear Members, We know a lot of you became sick with Covid-19 during the Critical Shift Bonus time and your eligible hours were decreased, giving you less money. If you have been rejected after going through this entire process PLEASE let us know! We’ve emailed all members the Appeal process. So please finish the process and send all of your information to us via email at njnuemail@njnu.org or FAX at 973-992-8410. We will look into it from there, but we can’t unless we have the information. NJNU
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Dear Members, NJNU met with HR, CNO, and DON in a collaborative effort to address the Corona Virus. Here are some important points from the meeting: 1. How is the latest information about Covid 19 being communicated to the employees: Required learning module on the Covid 19 released in February to all employees, literature, Q & A’s on the communication portal “the Bridge” as well as emails, webinar employee forums, and daily huddles. In addition, ongoing policies on communicable diseases on the Bridge. 2. How will payment of employees be handled in case of employees with positive...
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