VIRGIL SOARES, a Butler Hospital unionized employee holds an oversized check calling on Care New England to refund the annual compensation paid to CNE President and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Keefe, Dr. Pat Recupero of Butler Hospital and Constance Howes, formerly of Women & Infants Hospital. / PBN PHOTO / NANCY KIRSCH
Updated at 4:40 p.m. PROVIDENCE – Blackstone Boulevard traffic on the East Side of Providence slowed to a crawl this afternoon as drivers rubbernecked the sight of a small but vocal group of protesters marching outside of Butler Hospital. Unionized employees of Butler and Women & Infants hospitals picketed near their respective employers to protest…