Tag: strike
T.F. Green food and beverage workers go on strike
PROVIDENCE – Ten days after union workers at Rhode Island TF Green International Airport authorized a strike amidst unresolved contract negotiations, 73 union concession...
Union reports higher wages, reduced workplace violence and turnover rates year...
PROVIDENCE – One year after hundreds of Butler Hospital employees went on strike, the Service Employees International Union 1199 New England reports that wages have improved...
Teachers strike cancels elementary school classes for 2 days at Highlander...
PROVIDENCE – Highlander Charter School has canceled classes at its elementary school campus for Monday and Tuesday because of what administrators are calling “an...
Butler Hospital workers return to work after monthslong strike
PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital workers recently announced they are returning to work after the end of a monthslong strike.
On Aug. 18, Butler Hospital and...
CNE reports $4.4M loss in Q3 due to temporary staffing costs...
PROVIDENCE – Costly temporary staffing caused by a three-month strike at Butler Hospital negatively impacted Care New England Health System’s third-quarter earnings.
The health system...
Butler Hospital’s unionized workers ratify new 4-year contract, end monthslong strike
PROVIDENCE – Union workers at Butler Hospital ratified a new four-year contract with management, ending the longest hospital strike in Rhode Island history.
In a...
Union workers, Butler Hospital reach tentative agreement
PROVIDENCE – After striking for more than three months, union workers at Butler Hospital have reached a tentative agreement with management.
"On behalf of both...
You say ‘movement.’ We say ‘ultimatum.’ Butler Hospital strike drags on
Butler Hospital’s unionized workforce declared Tuesday that they made “movement” on wages and health plan costs to hospital owner Care New England during hours...
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...
Striking Butler Hospital workers reject management’s ‘best and final’ offer
PROVIDENCE – Union workers on strike at Butler Hospital overwhelmingly voted to reject management’s “last, best and final” contract offer but they’re still open...


















