Tag: Service Employees International Union 1199
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...
Rhode Island rejoins multistate nurse licensure compact
PROVIDENCE – Following a six-year pause, Rhode Island has opted back into a shared licensure program that allows nurses to practice throughout most of...
1,400 workers at Women & Infants vote no confidence, union says
PROVIDENCE – Nearly 1,400 unionized caregivers at Women & Infants Hospital voted no confidence against their employer, citing years of unheard grievances and a...
Brown’s prescription: Will latest failed merger end the university’s bid for...
The dream, as Brown University leaders described it, included Providence’s Jewelry District filled with biotech companies spun off from discoveries made by an “integrated...
Pandemic causing shifts in R.I. union membership
Rhode Island remains one of the most unionized states in the country, but the percentage of union members among its workforce dropped from 17.8%...