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JNESO Members: We’re gearing up for the 2010 JNESO Convention — and we need YOUR HELP to make it our best convention ever. We’re looking for your input on what activities, issues, locations and social events would be most meaningful to you, and what we can do to make the convention a worthwhile experience for [...]
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JNESO Attends National Health Reform Summit
On June 25, 2009, members of JNESO joined more than 10,000 of health care professionals, activists, unions and community leaders to call on Congress to pass meaningful health care reform immediately.
The day began at a rally outside the Capital steps, at a rally in which luminaries ranging from Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Sherrod [...]
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JNESO Wins Key Supreme Court Ruling For Striking Workers
Sometimes justice comes in ways you least expect it.
That’s the case for nearly 100 nurses from Willingboro, NJ, represented by JNESO. Two weeks ago, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that striking nurses at Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County, a 259-bed nonprofit hospital, were entitled to unemployment benefits for the time they spent on [...]
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About Us
JNESO is a professional health care union serving health workers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the union represents 5,000 hospital and clinic workers, including nurses, LPNs, pharmacists and most licensed technical employees.
JNESO began in 1958 as the Jersey Nurses Economic Security Organization, a euphemism for the Union Division of the State Nurses Association.
In 1985, The JNESO membership voted to leave the State Association as an independent union, officially changed its name to JNESO. Since then, JNESO has expanded its membership base to include other professional and technical employees in the health care field. It has also extended its sphere of influence to other states.
1992 brought affiliation with the twelfth largest international in the AFL-CIO, the International Union of Operating Engineers. As the first health care union ever affiliated with the giant international, JNESO has been chartered as District Council. The IUOE connection has enable JNESO to continue its slow, steady growth a major player in health care while maintaining the autonomy and self direction demanded by our independent minded membership.
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West Jersey
To: Virtua Subject: ON BEHALF OF PAUL SARNESE / Swine Flu Update In response to the Swine Flu outbreak, the Virtua Emergency ...
After months of negotiation, the West Jersey Local of JNESO overwhelmingly ratified a new, three-year contract with Hospital Management this ...
For six years, JNESO West Jersey Local RNs have worked with the Children of the America’s Medical Mission Organization in ...
Drivers along Highway 73 South (near Dutchtown Road and Library Restaurant ) in Voorhees were unable to miss a message ...
St. Mary's
Bankrupcy Paperwork to be Collected Monday, June 29On Monday June 29th, Labor Reps Diane Grady and Meredith Larson will be in the hospital to collect bankruptcy paperwork.
All nurses that worked On Call hours and had a 1/2 hour of pay removed for lunch or did not receive weekend differential for On Call pay should call Anne Szalay as soon as possible so [...]
Kessler
Partial Kessler Employee Wages Available for Pick-up or MailingKessler Hospital will be able to pay employees for one of the two weeks of wages stilled owed to them. Paychecks from the week of March 1 through March 7, 2009 will be available in the Hospital from 12PM to 6PM on Tuesday June 23, 2009 and from 8AM to 3PM Wednesday June 24. Any [...]
Pocono
Pocono Ratifies New ContractJNESO Members at Pocono Medical Center voted overwhemlingly Monday to ratify a new tentative contract.
The vote was held after weeks of negotiations between hospital management and the JNESO bargaining committee. Negotiations went down to the wire over the weekend, but in the end, members were very enthusiastic about the new contract.
Congratulations to the Negotiations Team [...]
Hoboken
WATCH OUT FOR YOUR CONTRACT SURVEY FROM JNESOPlease keep your eyes open for your survey—-we need your imput for our contract.
