Labor & Workers
Labor unions, workers' rights, and employment
UNAP and Lifespan reach tentative agreement
Members of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals (UNAP) Local 5098, and representatives of Lifespan have reached a tentative deal on a new, five year contract. Details of the contract will be presented to union members for their con...
Eastland Food workers ratify first union contract and join UFCW Local 328
Press release from UFCW Local 328: We are proud to announce that after many months of negotiating, the hardworking men and women of Eastland Food unanimously voted 94-0 to approve their first union contract. The workers of Eastland Food,...
More on Groden Center strike
Educators at the Groden Center schools in Providence and Coventry engaged in a one-day strike on Friday to demand safer classrooms for their students and living wages for staff, and in protest of management’s Unfair Labor Practices. Grod...
Unfair labor practice strike at Groden Center in Providence
Fed up with high turnover, unsafe staffing, and low wages, educators who work with students with autism at the Groden Center went on a 1-day strike today in Providence. This is an unfair labor practice strike. After months of negotiation...
As UNAP and Lifespan continue negotiations, an informational picket at Miriam
"We return to the bargaining table today with clear intent and renewed purpose. Bedside caregivers have been disrespected and devalued by wealthy hospital executives for too long and our members are resolved to change the toxic culture t...
Still without a contract, UNAP holds informational picket outside Miriam Hospital
Members of United Nurses and Allied Professionals (UNAP) Local 5098, conducted an informational picketing outside Miriam Hospital on Tuesday, to let people know that workers are still without a contract. "Lifespan executives remains woef...
Still without a contract, UNAP holds informational picket outside Rhode Island Hospital
Members of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals (UNAP) Local 5098 resumed informational picketing outside Rhode Island Hospital on Monday. "We're here today to let people know that we're still working without a contract and that we...
UNAP: Union members at Rhode Island Hospital vote 'no confidence' in Lifespan's Babineau and Van Bree
Members of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals (UNAP) Local 5098, at Rhode Island Hospital have overwhelmingly voted "no confidence" in Lifespan CEO Timothy Babineau and Hospital President Margaret Van Bree. Union members passed a...
Groden Center educators picket for safer classrooms and living wages
Educators at the Groden Center schools in Providence and Coventry picketed on the East Side of Providence to demand safer classrooms for their students and living wages for staff. The informational picket comes less than a week after WPR...
First day of hospital strike a raucous and crowded day of defiance
With the union and Lifespan unable to come to an agreement for a new contract, nurses and other medical professionals at Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children's Hospital went on strike at 3pm as promised. Lifespan kicked most of the...