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The New Jersey Nurses Union (NJNU) was created by working nurses at St. Barnabas Medical Center who desired strong representation in all areas of professional concern. Since its inception in 1991, NJNU has proven effective in negotiating its contracts and making certain that the terms and conditions or the contracts are upheld. HIPAA AND COMPUTER INFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
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SBMC Livingston Update ~ January 23, 2010 This update is for our Livingston members. St. Barnabas is now starting a policy of staff nurses drawing stat bloodwork from the hours of 10pm-6am. We want the nurses to know that we are not in agreement with this new policy. The union views phlebotomy as a non-nursing function because it can be and is performed by phlebotomists and technicians currently. But the hospital ‘doing more with less’ and of course it falls back on the nurses. Nurses do perform venipunctures, BUT it is normally only in areas of nursing (ie. critical care, telemetry) where the nurse/patient ratios are 1:2 to 1:5. We have reached out to management and expressed our concerns with this new policy including patient care with the acuity of patient assignments and staffing at night. Management may still implement the policy. File under: Nurses Notes
Dear Sisters and Brothers: It is urgent that you read this message and that you, your local officers and stewards, and your members act NOW or Congress and the White House may adopt legislation that will tax our health care benefits. Across CWA we have supported and worked for health care reform for 20 years. We have always aimed high, focused on universal, affordable and fairly funded supplements to employer-based care. We have always been clear that we have sacrificed for our negotiated plans and reform should assist us in maintaining and improving coverage for our families and retirees. Unfortunately, I must report that the excise tax on good health care plans that was included in the Senate, but not the House, version continues to move toward adoption unless CWA and our allies act NOW! File under: All News
1/11/10 KMC/SBBHC NEGOTIATION UPDATE As we promised you, we are pursuing all means at our disposal to get you a fair contract. Therefore, we decided to go to mediation. On Thursday, January 7, 2010, your negotiating team had an all day mediation session through state mediation. The mediator met with each side privately, and he shuttled back and forth, making every effort to try to bring the parties to a common ground. Unfortunately, while we made constant movement, all of our efforts, and all of our movements, were met with the same answer: NO. At the end of the day, Management did not, and would not, budge off of their proposal made in November, which is to give us the same as what the non-union employees got. Not a nickel more. Your last raise was 8/08. And still no money at all for per diems. File under: Bargaining
To all Members, Delegates and Officers,
As the holidays approach and the end of the year, I reflect on a tumultuous year for our union. We have survived ending of programs, layoffs, negotiations, a pension freeze, and the worst recession since the depression. And we are still here! I can only tell you that we will continue to support our members on a daily basis and keep defending our contract. I am honored to be your president and I am always humbled by your professionalism and perseverance. I want to wish you and your families safe and happy holidays. In Unity, Maria Refinski, RN BSN President NJNU File under: Nurses Notes
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