Tag: 1199 SEIU New England
Butler Hospital announces closure of another 29 beds amid ongoing strike
PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital will be closing another 29 beds as a result of the ongoing strike.
On May 15, about 800 Butler workers represented...
McKee vetoes 5 bills in final days of legislative session
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee vetoed five bills that had been passed by the General Assembly, including legislation that would have banned so-called...
Union membership on the rise in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Union membership rates in Rhode Island increased year over year in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, reversing course...
Approved school bus company contract increases hours, wages for union workers
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island school bus drivers, monitors and aides are guaranteed an extra 7.5 hours of weekly work and a 19% pay bump...
Agreement reached with BVCHC unionized caregivers, strike averted
PROVIDENCE – Unionized workers at Blackstone Valley Community Health Care called off a three-day strike they planned to start on Wednesday after reaching a...
Unions back Care New England independence; others await more details
PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System on July 6 announced that it would operate independently and turn down all offers to merge with...
Workers picket Pawtucket Genesis Nursing Home, call for higher wage
PAWTUCKET – About 198 nursing home caregivers picketed in front of Pawtucket Genesis Nursing Home, Hopkins Manor Nursing Home in North Providence and Charlesgate...
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