Butler Hospital’s unionized workers go on strike amid contract dispute

In first strike in 37 years, hundreds of nurses and psych workers at Butler Hospital demand higher wages, safer conditions - The Boston Globe

“We don’t have enough staff, we’re overworked, and our units are unsafe,” said a striking mental health worker who said he was recently injured by a patient on the job.

Butler Hospital’s unionized workers go on strike amid contract dispute

The New England Health Care Employees Union (SEIU 1199NE) is going on strike to fight for better wages, benefits, and workplace safety.

Strike appears imminent at Butler Hospital • Rhode Island Current

Unionized workers hold an informational picket at the entrance to Butler Hospital on Blackstone Boulevard in Providence Monday, April 21, 2025. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current)Frontline workers at Butler Hospital unable to reach a new contract with hospital management will walk off the job starting at 6 a.m. Thursday, despite a push by state lawmakers to coax both sides back to the negotiating table. A May 8 letter to Butler Hosp…

Butler Hospital workers picket in the rain and mud for higher wages, more staff - TPR: The Public's Radio

Workers at Butler Hospital began chanting, cheering and trudging in the mud out front of the psychiatric hospital at 6 a.m. Thursday morning and remained on strike by the end of the day.  Members of the union’s bargaining committee say the workers are fighting for higher wages across the board and better staffing. They began […] The post Butler Hospital workers picket in the rain and mud for higher wages, more staff appeared first on TPR: The Pu…