Unionized Butler Hospital workers march in front of the Providence psychiatric hospital on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. (Photo by Alexander Castro/Rhode Island Current) For the past three months, ...

PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital workers have approved a new union contract, putting an end to months of tense bargaining and the longest hospital strike in Rhode Island history. Nurses and other ...

Three Butler Hospital staffers and a Providence police officer are on the mend after being assaulted by a patient last week.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Nearly three weeks after Butler Hospital management issued what it called its “last, best and final” contract proposal, the union representing striking workers has ...

The Providence man accused of assaulting three Butler Hospital staffers and a police officer last week faced a judge Tuesday.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Butler Hospital workers, who have been on strike for more than two months, were given a “major” morale boost this week. The Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training ...

Butler Hospital workers, including nurses and mental health staff, are on strike due to unfair labor practices. The strike, the longest hospital lockout in Rhode Island history, centers around low ...

(WJAR) — Butler Hospital union workers who had been on strike began returning to work over the weekend. SEIU 1199NE and Butler Hospital released a joint statement about the workers returning to work ...

Butler Hospital staff and members of the Service Employees International Union 1199NE, including mental health workers, nurses, clerical staff, dietary workers, housekeeping and social workers, have ...