Unionized Butler Hospital workers are seen during an informational picket outside the psychiatric hospital on Blackstone Boulevard in Providence on Monday, April 21, 2025. (Photo by Alexander ...

PROVIDENCE ‒ Hundreds of Butler Hospital workers have been on strike since May 15, refusing to concede their demands for higher wages, increased staffing and solutions to mitigate the spike in ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Hundreds of frontline staff at Butler Hospital are preparing to go on strike after management refused to address workers’ “critical safety and economic concerns,” according ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: A photograph of the suspect in this arrest has been changed because the Providence Police Department had provided an incorrect image. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Three Butler Hospital ...

PROVIDENCE — Nurses and other frontline staff at Butler Hospital voted “overwhelmingly” on Monday night to ratify a new contract that will raise wages, add new workplace violence benefits, and ...

Between 2023 and 2024, patient-on-staff assaults increased by about 16%, from 205 to 237 incidents. One mental health worker suffered a brain bleed which required surgery after a patient punched him ...

Striking employees who have been permanently replaced will not be able to return to work once the strike ends, says hospital president PROVIDENCE — Three weeks into its nurses strike, Butler Hospital ...

(WJAR) — Union staff at Butler Hospital have taken to the front of the Providence psychiatric hospital Monday afternoon to demand change. Butler Hospital workers are protesting for workplace safety, ...

Strikers claim they are underpaid and work in an unsafe environment, where patient-on-staff assaults have spiked in recent years. As of the morning of Friday, May 16, the two sides had failed to ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — State lawmakers are urging Butler Hospital to resolve its contract dispute with the New England Health Care Employees Union (SEIU 1199NE) and prevent hundreds of staff ...

Providence fire crews were seen on Putnam Avenue Saturday evening. Ghana fans gather in Providence for World Cup watch party It's another big night of World Cup action with six matches throughout the ...