PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5098, which represents nurses and healthcare workers at Rhode Island Hospital, said that an informational picket was held on Friday.
The picket was held due to the negotiations taking place between the unit and Brown University Health, which owns the hospital.
The union said that the hospital has “failed to provide safety protections or offer a contract that provides safe staffing levels, a safe, affordable health insurance plan, or family-sustaining wages.”…