Bayonne Medical Center workers and Christ Hospital nurses have voted overwhelming to authorize their bargaining committees to give 10-day notices of their intent to go out on an Unfair Labor Practice strike if they are unable to reach a new contract agreement.
“HPAE members at Christ and Bayonne have sacrificed much in caring for patients during the global pandemic and through the uncertain times of a bankruptcy. Now, we have a new owner, HRH, demanding even more sacrifices from these workers,” Health Professionals and Allie Employees (HPAE) President Debbie White said in a statement.
The contracts for HPAE Local 5185, which covers Registered Nurses, Professionals, Technical Staff, Service Workers, and Business Office Clericals at Bayonne Medical Center in Bayonne, and Registered Nurses at Christ Hospital in Jersey City, members of HPAE Local 5186, expires on July 10th.
In the beginning of bargaining, Hudson Regional Hospital, who now operates the BMC and Christ Hospital after CarePoint Health went bankrupt, came to HPAE with a 27-page proposal for Christ and a 47-page proposal for Bayonne…