The COVID pandemic has made safety a top bargaining issue for health care workers as unions representing thousands of employees at New Jersey’s hospitals, home care agencies and nursing homes head to the bargaining table this year.
Nurses, nursing assistants, housekeepers and technical health workers are asking through their unions for a bigger role in crafting their employers’ plans and preparation for ongoing waves of the COVID pandemic so they can be assured of proper personal protective equipment and notified of employee outbreaks. They also want better quarantine and hazard pay.
Negotiations are underway or will start soon for 11 locals representing 6,000 members of the Health Professionals and Allied Employees union; two locals of JNESO, a hospital and clinical workers’ union; and about 4,000 nursing home employees represented by 1199SEIU-United Healthcare Workers East.
COVID: NJ health care workers safety top priority for unions
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