Haledon, New Jersey – The American Labor Museum/Botto House National Landmark proudly opens the exhibit Protect Our Rights To Protect Our Patients: Celebrating 50 Years of the Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE), AFT, 1974 – 2024 on Wednesday, January 10th, 2024.
The Health Professionals & Allied Employees, AFT is the largest union of registered nurses and health care professionals in New Jersey. HPAE began through the efforts of the nursing staff at Englewood Hospital in 1974 over issues such as shift rotation, floating, low wages and a general lack of respect from management. Nurses at other area hospitals later joined the HPAE, which now includes 13,000 members.
Protect Our Rights To Protect Our Patients: Celebrating 50 Years of the Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE), AFT, 1974 – 2024 exhibit features labor union memorabilia, union contracts, historic photographs and union publications, strike placards, and more from the collection of the HPAE and union members. The exhibit highlights the benefits of collective bargaining for these union members and the effectiveness of the HPAE as a union of democratically-run local unions made up of members and leaders who strive together to win safe working conditions, respect for member professions, safe and effective patient care, and sound healthcare policies.
This program is made possible in part by a grant administered by the Passaic County Cultural and Heritage Council from funds granted by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
The Botto House National Landmark, headquarters of the American Labor Museum, is located at 83 Norwood Street in Haledon, NJ. The Museum's hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 9AM-5PM. Visitors are welcome Wednesday through Saturday from 1PM-4PM and at other times by appointment. For further information about the Museum, call 973-595-7953 and visit www.american-labor-museum.org.