Tag: Service Employees International Union 1199 New England
Union asks state to stop closure of Charlesgate Nursing Center
PROVIDENCE – Unionized caregivers at Charlesgate Nursing Center in Providence held a press conference on May 4 to urge the state to intervene in...
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...
Workers at Women & Infants to hold no-confidence vote
PROVIDENCE – After months of unrest at Women & Infants Hospital, unionized caregivers are holding a no-confidence vote.
Members of Service Employees International Union 1199...
Caregivers at Women & Infants hold vigil to honor patients and...
PROVIDENCE – Front-line caregivers at Women & Infants Hospital gathered recently to hold a candlelight vigil to honor patients and caregivers amid an ongoing...
Labor unrest simmers at hospitals
Health care workers across the state are grappling with a mix of low pay and poor working conditions that is driving colleagues away from...
Butler workers hold informational picket asking hospital to address mental health...
PROVIDENCE – Unionized caregivers at Butler Hospital gathered for an informational picket on Nov. 10 to ask the hospital management to address the state’s...
Bus driver strike avoided after union, First Student announce tentative agreement
PROVIDENCE – A strike that would have taken 275 Rhode Island bus drivers, monitors and aides off the job beginning Wednesday was narrowly avoided,...
Caregivers at Women & Infants to host informational picket asking hospital...
PROVIDENCE – Unionized caregivers at Women & Infants Hospital will gather for an informational picket on Tuesday to ask the hospital management to address...
Five Questions With: Jesse Martin
Jesse Martin | Executive vice president, Service Employees International Union 1199 New England
1. What are the most significant challenges facing SEIU 1199 membership and how...
Hospitals find good, bad in hiring travel nurses
For most hospitals, employing travel nurses isn’t new: before the COVID-19 pandemic, Kent County Memorial Hospital in Warwick typically had eight to 10 travel...
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