Tag: United Nurses & Allied Professionals
R.I. reenters Nurse Licensure Compact to stave off potential hospital staff...
After seeing what the shortage of health care workers did to Rhode Island hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, the state decided to reenter the...
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...
UNAP ratifies 3-year contract with CharterCARE
PROVIDENCE – Health care workers at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, Roger Williams Medical Center, and CharterCARE Home Health Services have voted to ratify...
Unions back Care New England independence; others await more details
PROVIDENCE – Care New England Health System on July 6 announced that it would operate independently and turn down all offers to merge with...
With CEO set to leave, Care New England at crossroads
While the CEO and president of Care New England Health System is planning an exit in the wake of a failed merger, Dr. James...
Westerly Hospital, employee union agree on 3-year contract extension
WESTERLY – Westerly Hospital and its United Nurses & Allied Professionals unionized workers have agreed on a three-year extension to an existing collective bargaining...
UNAP votes ‘no confidence’ in Lifespan Corp. CEO, R.I. Hospital president
PROVIDENCE — Members of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5098 at Rhode Island Hospital voted “no confidence” in Lifespan CEO Timothy Babineau...
R.I. Hospital, Hasbro Hospital strike on as Lifespan, UNAP end talks
PROVIDENCE — Contract talks between United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5098 and Lifespan Corp. ordered by a federal mediator ended this morning with...
Nurses to protest as St. Joseph’s pension receivership unfolds
PROVIDENCE — The St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island Retirement Plan, in receivership and requiring $43 million to fully fund, may cut benefits...