Service Employees International Union 1199 New England

Women & Infants caregivers allege health, safety and staffing issues

Health Services 12/05/2025

PROVIDENCE – Unionized caregivers at Women & Infants Hospital earlier this month gathered to demand that parent company Care New England Health System address concerns around patient safety, staff training and infrastructure. Service...

Providence Community Health Centers workers hold informational picket

Health Services 10/12/2025

PROVIDENCE – Unionized workers of Providence Community Health Centers Inc. recently held an informational picket demanding higher pay, affordable health care and preservation of...

Butler Hospital workers return to work after monthslong strike

Health Services 08/31/2025

PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital workers recently announced they are returning to work after the end of a monthslong strike. On Aug. 18, Butler Hospital and...

Butler Hospital temporarily closes 2 psychiatric units amid ongoing staff strike

Health Services 07/14/2025

PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital has temporarily closed two psychiatric units – totaling more than 40 beds – due to the ongoing strike that began...

Striking Butler Hospital employees launch 30-hour sit-in

Health Services 06/12/2025

PROVIDENCE – Hundreds of unionized Butler Hospital employees began a 30-hour sit-in Thursday protesting the lack of progress in an ongoing strike that is...

Union representing Women & Infants caregivers ratifies labor contract with ‘groundbreaking’...

Health Services 12/06/2024

PROVIDENCE – Unionized caregivers at Women & Infants Hospital overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new contract with management, officially putting an end to a...

Women & Infants union workers to hold unfair labor practice picket;...

Health Services 11/03/2024

PROVIDENCE – Nearly 1,500 workers at Women & Infants Hospital voted to hold an unfair labor practice informational picket on Nov. 12. More than 2,000...

Union wants more training, staff at Women & Infants after it...

Health Services 05/24/2024

PROVIDENCE – Members of the Service Employees International Union 1199 New England recently held an informational picket demanding management at Women & Infants Hospital...

THE FORMER Elderwood nursing home in East Providence closed in May 2022, one of numerous nursing homes in Rhode Island to shutter under financial difficulties since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Nursing homes not hopeful relief coming from state leaders

Economy 06/02/2023

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...