Butler Workers Question Care New England’s Finances Amid Contract Dispute

Chicopee city workers seeking better pay and health benefits

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) - Chicopee City employees say it's time for action after months of contract negotiations with the city, but no movement. Activists push to redefine juvenile justice City employees will be starting standouts outside of Chicopee City Hall on July 1st, and they will take place before city hall meetings. We are also hearing from the mayor's office about the negotiations, about 250 municipal workers are represented by the…

Butler striking workers and management return to bargaining table • Rhode Island Current

Striking Butler Hospital workers march in front of Care New England headquarters at 4 Richmond Square in Providence on Thursday, June 12, the start of a 30 hour sit-in. (Photo by Michael Salerno/Rhode Island Current)Butler Hospital management and representatives of its striking workforce returned to the bargaining table with a federal mediator for nearly six hours on Tuesday, the first negotiating session since June 5.  This time around, the uni…

Butler workers question Care New England’s finances amid contract dispute

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — With more than 800 Butler Hospital employees still working without a contract, recent financial moves by Care New England—including a multimillion-dollar land sale—are drawing renewed scrutiny and deepening tensions at the bargaining table. At the end of May, Care New England (CNE) sold a portion of Butler Hospital's property on Blackstone Boulevard for $15.7 million to Laurelmead Realty LLC, a neighboring retirement co…

Butler Hospital, striking workers set to return to bargaining table

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — For the first time in almost two weeks, striking workers at Butler Hospital will sit down with the hospital’s leadership for bargaining on Tuesday morning. The workers, represented by SEIU 1199, will be bringing an “expanded bargaining committee” consisting of 40 workers to the table with Care New England, who owns the hospital. Talks had previously been called off on June 5, with the striking workers saying proposals f…