Nurses and health care workers voted on Monday to authorize strikes at three hospitals in Hudson County, and a fourth hospital may be affected.
Members of the union, including registered nurses, health professionals, and dietary, housekeeping, and maintenance staff, voted to authorize a strike at Christ Hospital in Jersey City, Meadowlands Hospital in Secaucus, and Bayonne Medical Center in Bayonne. Members at Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen are scheduled to vote on Wednesday, May 20.
The authorization allows the negotiating committees for the nurses and health care workers to send a 10-day notice of intent to strike to their hospital managements, in the event that negotiations do not result in a fair contract settlement by May 31, the expiration date for all four contracts.
The four HPAE groups represent 2,500 healthcare workers in Hudson County, and have indicated their intention to negotiate as often as necessary until May 31.
To read more about this, click on www.hudsonreporter.com starting Wednesday and go down to the Bayonne section.
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