Have you ever wanted to know more about …. What is a Grievance?   How you File a Grievance Grievance Investigations  How to make your contract work for you? SAVE THE DATE! JNESO Leadership Development Seminar and Training OCTOBER 27, 2010 Contact Your Labor Representatives Diane Grady or Meredith Larson for additional information 732-745-2776 Our Goal is to [...]

Contract negotiations for the Bergen Local will begin in August. We had an overwhelming response for our pre-negotiation surveys – nearly all were returned and they have been very helpful as the Negotiation Committee outlines contract priorities. Thanks to everyone who sent theirs in! During the negotiation process, it is vital everyone stay informed. Check [...]

Bergen will be having a membership meeting on April 6, 2010. All attendees to the meeting will be entered into a drawing for a gift certificate. Pre-negotiation surveys will be handed out at the meeting and everyone is encouraged to fill them out as soon as possible. Information from these surveys will go to determining [...]

On Monday, Feb. 22, the New Jersey Senate passed several bills addressing the nearly $35 billion hole in the state pension. With benefit cuts, exclusion of part-time workers from the pension and an increase in health care costs for teachers, once again New Jersey’s public employees are being asked to shoulder the burden of a [...]

It is with heavy hearts, JNESO says farewell to Bruce Petersen, Local Vice President at Bergen Regional Medical Center, who died in April, 2009 from acute Leukemia. Petersen attended Bergen Pines Inhalation Therapy School, and held a variety of roles throughout his life, from being Director of Saddlebrook Hospital to doing pediatric health home care. [...]

Proving even the smallest JNESO locals benefit from the full force of the union, JNESO filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board for a 5-member Local after members lost their health insurance. The target was Morrison, a division of the Compass Group that had purchased Professional Services Inc. which had [...]

Nominations for all Officer positions in the Local took place February 6th, with an election scheduled for February 27th. We will keep you posted on the outcome of the election, so stay alert for notices. The election took place on Feb. 27, with new officers elected for President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Thanks to [...]

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 [...]