Tag: Jesse Martin
Butler Hospital posts job listings to permanently replace striking employees
PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital has started posting job postings to permanently replace unionized employees in response to the ongoing strike that is now entering...
Striking Butler employees warned their health benefits will expire by end...
PROVIDENCE – Hundreds of employees at Butler Hospital are expected to lose their health insurance benefits at the end of this month amid an...
Hundreds of Butler Hospital unionized employees start ‘open-ended’ strike
PROVIDENCE – Hundreds of Butler Hospital unionized employees started an “open-ended” strike Thursday to push for better wages, benefits and workplace safety.
Members of Service...
Divided views on for-profit company buying R.I. nursing homes
Two struggling skilled nursing facilities are on track to be sold to a Massachusetts-based company, reigniting the debate over whether businesses looking to maximize...
Union representing Women & Infants caregivers ratifies labor contract with ‘groundbreaking’...
PROVIDENCE – Unionized caregivers at Women & Infants Hospital overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new contract with management, officially putting an end to a...
Nursing home law remains in limbo amid uncertainty about fixes
A law enacted three years ago intended to ensure quality care at Rhode Island nursing homes has yet to be enforced, and no one...
Nursing homes not hopeful relief coming from state leaders
With only a month left in the legislative session, state leaders appear no closer to solving the unprecedented crisis facing Rhode Island’s nursing homes.
Bleeding...
A maskless step toward normalcy
As hospitals across the state make masks optional for patients and staff for the first time in three years, health care leaders feel confident...
Health care leaders, Magaziner address workforce shortages
WARWICK – Drastic workforce shortages are rippling through every area of the health care sector and continuing to impact patient care across the state,...
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...
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