The union representing roughly 2,500 nurses and other health care workers at Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital on Tuesday voted to authorize a strike, though the union stopped short of filing the mandatory 10-day strike notice. The United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5098 has been negotiating with the hospitals’ operator, Brown University […]
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Offer to turn two Rhode Island hospitals into nonprofits poses more uncertainty
Jo-Ellen Paterno lives with her husband, Paul, and three children in Warwick. “I’m a school teacher by trade,” Paterno said during an interview in her home. “I’ve been a physical education teacher for about 24 years.” Two years ago, during the summer of 2022, Parterno added a new title: cancer patient. After considering her options […]
