New Contracts are back from the printer and were distributed at the June General Membership meeting. If you didn’t get yours, copies are available from Local officers. Be on the lookout for posters and mailing announcing “Get to Know Your Contract” meetings in September. Bring any questions you may have about the new contract and [...]

Members at Bacharach have a new contract, overwhelmingly ratified by the Local on Feb. 8, 2010. The contract secures wage increases and increases to the IUOE Central Pension Fund without any “give backs.” It also creates a nurse intern program that will provide in-depth orientation to recent RN graduates who have passed their NCLEX. The [...]

The current Bacharach Local contract expires January 31, 2010, so the pre-negotiations process has begun. Pre-Negotiation surveys have already been collected and as of press time the data is being tallied. That information will help the Contract Negotiations Committee decide on priorities. The unity of our members will be needed to help make these negotiations [...]

The new Bacharach contract is ready for distribution at our next membership meeting on Aug. 1. For the first time, all shifts and departments were represented in the last negotiations, and the success of the negotiations is reflected in the contract. The contract includes improvements in wages, pension contributions by the employer, improvements in MOD [...]

New Jersey’s Commission on Rationalizing Healthcare Resources, ordered by Gov. Jon Corzine in 2006, released its report in January. In evaluating the economic and service woes of the state’s hospitals, the report called for a solution featuring greater accountability and efficiency in the state’s hospitals, at the cost of many troubled facilities. Headed by Princeton [...]

This year, as JNESO celebrates its 50th anniversary, we’ll be highlighting important moments in our Union’s history. The ballots had gone out in the mail weeks before – 6,500 total. Of the 3,272 that were returned, eight were invalidated. A certified public accountant was hired to count the remaining votes, and an outside auditor verified [...]

Hi! We’re testing out the new JNESO site “live” — please feel free to send in any comments you might find. What’s different? Other than the loss of Santa (sniff), the programming is completely different. It looks similar, but we’re talking a whole new engine here.  The goal is so that every local’s president, secretary [...]

Welcome to the new JNESO website!