United Nurses & Allied Professionals and Fatima Hospital Reach Agreement on New Contract
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United Nurses & Allied Professionals and Fatima Hospital Reach Agreement on New Contract
A strike vote among UNAP members that was scheduled for next week has been canceled.
“We are pleased to announce that we have come to an agreement for a new contract,” stated Local 5110 President Laura McQuesten. “This agreement will increase wages, implement limitations on health insurance costs, and most importantly include staffing language that will provide for safe working conditions for our members, and ensure patient safety. We will strongly urge our members to ratify this agreement on Thursday.”
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Jeffrey Liebman, CEO of CharterCARE which owns and operates Fatima said, “We are pleased to have reached an agreement in concept that both recognizes the incredible work and value our nurses provide patients every day and that is fair to our hospital. The last 18 months, during which our hospitals treated the second most COVID patients of any hospitals in our state, has again proven the critical, courageous and unselfish role our nurses play in the Rhode Island health care system."