Tag: strike
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...
Women & Infants announces more layoffs amid conflict with union
PROVIDENCE – Women & Infants Hospital cut more positions earlier this week as its conflict with the union continues.
The hospital notified seven employees that...
Women & Infants files unfair labor practice claim against union
PROVIDENCE – The battle between Care New England and a union representing more than 2,000 of its workers continues.
On Friday, the health system filed...


















