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New Jersey Nurses Union Affiliates with CWA
The New Jersey Nurses Union, representing more than 900 registered and licensed practical nurses in the state, has become the newest affiliate of the Communications Workers of America.
Members of NJNU voted overwhelmingly to join CWA; the group will be chartered as CWA Local 1091. The nurses primarily work at the St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J., and the CWA affiliate will work to bring union representation to some 5,000 additional health care practitioners throughout the St. Barnabas system, which includes nine hospitals, as well as nursing homes, ambulatory care facilities and rehabilitation centers. The NJNU members are joining some 100,000 health care and public workers already represented by CWA.
Karen May, NJNU staff representative, said nurses were "ecstatic" over the affiliation with CWA. "Our council viewed CWA as the most democratic union, with the most potential to assist us in organizing, and one that would allow us the most autonomy in that process," she said.
CWA President Morton Bahr welcomed the NJNU members, noting that the unit will play a major part in the continued growth of CWA. He also pointed out that CWA's growing position in the health care sector-and the union's campaign for quality care- benefits not only the nurses that CWA represents, but patients and communities as well.
Executive Director Sondra Clark, Co-Chair Nancy Edelmann, Staff Representative Karen May and other board members led the affiliation effort.
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Members of NJNU voted overwhelmingly to join CWA; the group will be chartered as CWA Local 1091. The nurses primarily work at the St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J., and the CWA affiliate will work to bring union representation to some 5,000 additional health care practitioners throughout the St. Barnabas system, which includes nine hospitals, as well as nursing homes, ambulatory care facilities and rehabilitation centers. The NJNU members are joining some 100,000 health care and public workers already represented by CWA.
Karen May, NJNU staff representative, said nurses were "ecstatic" over the affiliation with CWA. "Our council viewed CWA as the most democratic union, with the most potential to assist us in organizing, and one that would allow us the most autonomy in that process," she said.
CWA President Morton Bahr welcomed the NJNU members, noting that the unit will play a major part in the continued growth of CWA. He also pointed out that CWA's growing position in the health care sector-and the union's campaign for quality care- benefits not only the nurses that CWA represents, but patients and communities as well.
Executive Director Sondra Clark, Co-Chair Nancy Edelmann, Staff Representative Karen May and other board members led the affiliation effort.
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