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Healthcare union elections in New Jersey

15 union petitions since Jan 2023 at 6 healthcare employers hiring in New Jersey, by the National Labor Relations Board's record: unions won 7 elections and 1 petitions are pending. Workers at public hospitals organize under New Jersey law instead, outside this record.

15
Union petitions
since Jan 2023
7
Won by a union

Union petitions in New Jersey

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Union petitions at healthcare employers hiring in New Jersey
FiledEmployerWorkersUnionOutcome
12 Aug 2026Prime HealthcareNewark, NJNot describedJNESO, District Council 1Pending
14 May 2026Waterfront RehabilitationRaritan, NJNot described1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastPetition withdrawn
3 Feb 2026Prime HealthcarePassaic, NJcentral sterile technicians10 eligibleJNESO, District Council 1No union, 5 to 4
26 Jan 2026Inspira HealthVineland, NJcare coordination case managers30 eligibleHealth Professionals and Allied Employees, AFT/AFL-CIOThe union won, 21 to 2
6 Jan 2026Inspira HealthVineland, NJhousekeeping environmental services (EVS) aides95 eligibleTeamsters Local 929 a/w International Brotherhood of TeamstersThe union won, 54 to 10
3 Dec 2025Inspira HealthVineland, NJfood and nutrition aides, cooks, support services aides- food and nutrition, and baristas72 eligibleTeamsters Local 929 a/w International Brotherhood of TeamstersThe union won, 35 to 17
16 Jun 2025RWJBarnabas HealthNew Brunswick, NJNot describedAmerican Association of University Professors - Biomedical and Health Sciences of New JerseyPetition withdrawn
16 Jun 2025RWJBarnabas HealthNew Brunswick, NJNot describedAmerican Association of University Professors - Biomedical and Health Sciences of New Jersey, Local 6775Petition withdrawn
23 May 2025RWJBarnabas HealthNew Brunswick, NJNot describedAmerican Association of University Professors - Biomedical and Health Sciences of New Jersey, Local 6775, AFT, AFL-CIOPetition withdrawn
23 May 2025RWJBarnabas HealthNew Brunswick, NJNot describedAmerican Association of University Professors - Biomedical and Health Sciences of New Jersey, Local #6775, part of the Rutgers Council of AAUP Chapters, AFT, AFL-CIOPetition withdrawn
1 Apr 2025Inspira HealthMillville, NJemergency medical technicians (EMTs)123 eligibleTeamsters Local No. 676 a/w International Brotherhood of TeamstersThe union won, 67 to 3
26 Apr 2024Hackensack Meridian HealthBelle Mead, NJ* mental health technicians265 eligibleDistrict 1199J, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, AFSCME, AFL-CIOThe union won, 128 to 83
8 Feb 2024Inspira HealthMullica Hill, NJcase managers29 eligibleHealth Professionals and Allied Employees/AFT,AFL-CIOThe union won, 19 to 7
2 Feb 2024United Methodist CommunitiesCollingswood, NJNot describedHealth Professionals and Allied Employees, AFT/AFL-CIO a/w American Federation of TeachersPetition withdrawn
10 Aug 2023Inspira HealthMillville, NJparamedics104 eligibleTeamsters Local No. 676The union won, 69 to 13

Employers hiring in New Jersey with a petition

Healthcare union elections in New Jersey: common questions

Which hospitals and healthcare employers in New Jersey unionized recently?

Unions won 7 elections in New Jersey since Jan 2023 at employers hiring on this site, the latest: Inspira Health, care coordination case managers in Vineland, NJ (Health Professionals and Allied Employees, AFT/AFL-CIO), filed 26 Jan 2026: the union won, 21 to 2; Inspira Health, housekeeping environmental services (EVS) aides in Vineland, NJ (Teamsters Local 929 a/w International Brotherhood of Teamsters), filed 6 Jan 2026: the union won, 54 to 10; Inspira Health, food and nutrition aides, cooks, support services aides- food and nutrition, and baristas in Vineland, NJ (Teamsters Local 929 a/w International Brotherhood of Teamsters), filed 3 Dec 2025: the union won, 35 to 17; Inspira Health, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in Millville, NJ (Teamsters Local No. 676 a/w International Brotherhood of Teamsters), filed 1 Apr 2025: the union won, 67 to 3.

Which unions represent healthcare workers in New Jersey?

By the elections won since Jan 2023: Teamsters Local 929 a/w International Brotherhood of Teamsters (2), Health Professionals and Allied Employees, AFT/AFL-CIO (1), Teamsters Local No. 676 a/w International Brotherhood of Teamsters (1) and District 1199J, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, AFSCME, AFL-CIO (1). Each won among one unit of workers at one site; older units are not in this window.

Are any union elections pending in New Jersey?

1: Prime Healthcare, a unit of workers in Newark, NJ (JNESO, District Council 1), filed 12 Aug 2026.

Healthcare union elections in other states

Sources and method

A case is listed when the employer its petition names is one of the employers hiring on this site, matched by name and by its open jobs in the case's town. Cases filed since Jan 2023, read 9 Nov 2026. Every state.

  1. National Labor Relations Board case records (nlrb.gov), as copied nightly by labordata/nlrb-data

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Healthcare union elections in New Jersey. Data as of 9 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/healthcare-union-elections/new-jersey

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