In a political move likely isolating itself, the attorneys working on behalf of the HUMC nurse’s union acted to obtain depositions and other documents unrelated to the bankruptcy case from the creditors committee Saturday.
The move comes after expectations of a settlement with the creditors was announced as close Friday and highly anticipated this weekend. According to a story on NJ.com, the Hospital Authority has turned over 200,000 pages of related documents from emails to financial information to the creditors committee. The hospital nurse’s union, JNESO is bypassing discovery by making the request to their colleagues on the creditors committee and not, according to attorneys representing the Hospital Authority, from them.The story outlines how the Hospital Authority may respond to this action:
=&0=& =&1=&Councilwoman Beth Mason has been working with the nurse’s union and spoke on their behalf against Hoboken taxpayers at the last City Council meeting saying the nurse’s union were not made whole as creditors while the bond holders re: Hoboken taxpayers, (a secured creditor) would be. She’s also worked with an outside agency Appleseed where earlier questions on the hospital sale were linked directly to Hoboken411. Mason stated Wednesday night she does not “own or control” the website she calls “a news source.”
