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235 Roger Williams Medical Center workers seek union elections
CharterCare signed a contract with 1,100 workers, while a separate group at Roger Williams Medical Center is seeking union elections.
The hospital is in Providence, Rhode Island.
SEIU 1199 New England filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board on Nov.
3 and Nov.
5.
The petitions seek elections for 235 workers, including skilled maintenance workers.
The elections would let those workers decide whether to join the union.
The National Labor Relations Board would oversee the elections; no election dates are given.
Workers at Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence are seeking union elections covering 235 employees.
Service Employees International Union 1199 New England filed petitions with the National Labor Relations Board.
The petitions were filed on Nov. 3 and Nov. 5.
The workers include skilled maintenance workers.
- Who
- 235 workers at Roger Williams Medical Center, seeking to join Service Employees International Union 1199 New England.
- What
- They are seeking union elections.
- When
- Petitions were filed on Nov. 3 and Nov. 5; the year is not stated.
- Where
- Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, Rhode Island.
- Why
- The workers are seeking to join Service Employees International Union 1199 New England.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
SEIU 1199 New England filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board for an election covering workers at Roger Williams Medical Center.
SEIU 1199 New England filed another petition with the National Labor Relations Board.
- Workers covered
- 235
- Hospital
- Roger Williams Medical Center
- City and state
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Union
- Service Employees International Union 1199 New England
- Petition filing dates
- Nov. 3 and Nov. 5