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Providence council adopts resolution backing Butler Hospital striking workers
Summary
The council unanimously moved a resolution expressing solidarity with Butler Hospital workers on strike and urging Care New England to return to bargaining; the resolution was read into the record and passed as part of a consent grouping of items.
The Providence City Council on June 5 adopted a resolution expressing solidarity with more than 700 Butler Hospital workers who have been on strike since May 15 and calling on Care New England and Butler Hospital leadership to return to the bargaining table.
The resolution, read into the record during the meeting, recited the union's claims that low wages, staffing shortages and workplace violence have contributed to unsafe…
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