Health Care Workers Union Ratifies New Contract with RI Hospital

Health care workers union ratifies new contract with RI Hospital

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The union representing workers at Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital voted Thursday to ratify a new, three-year agreement. United Nurses and Allied Professionals (UNAP), which represents nearly 2,500 health care workers, has been at the bargaining table since January with the hospitals' parent company, Brown University Health. After 30 bargaining sessions, the two groups agreed to a memorandum of under…

Nurses at Rhode Island and Hasbro Hospitals strike 3-year deal after months of negotiations • Rhode Island Current

Hospital employees gather for the announcement of the name change from Lifespan to Brown university Health during a press conference in the lobby of Hasbro Children’s Hospital on June 20, 2024. Rhode Island has nearly 15,000 unionized health care workers. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)After months of tense negotiations as well as the possibility of a strike, nurses and health care workers at Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Chi…

Nurses at Rhode Island, Hasbro Children's Hospital approve new contract

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Brown Health and United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5098 said that members of the union voted to approve a new three-year contract on Thursday. The contract will be in effect through March 31, 2028. “The new contract offers job security, wage increases, a lump-sum bonus payment, improved working conditions, and substantial improvements to the rules governing employee safety and protection against workplace vio…

Hospital reaches agreement with union, averting strike

The hospital released a statement Thursday morning, announcing the new three-year contract with union workers.

Central Pa. hospital strike averted as union approves contract

Strike avoided!WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital and SEIU (Service Employees International Union) Healthcare Pennsylvania announced on Thursday morning that a new three-year contract agreement has been approved. Union members ratified the agreement on Wednesday.