UNAP

Proudly representing approximately 7,200 registered nurses, technologists, therapists, support staff, & other health care workers in RI, VT and CT.

[UNAP @WeAreUNAP]

We are calling on the R.I. Department of Health and the Attorney General to reject Centurion Foundation's application to buy CharterCARE hospitals and health care facilities. Their business model is not even close to credible or viable. Learn more at https://t.co/SCn86m4rf4

[UNAP @WeAreUNAP]

right-wing anti-vaxxer in her negative ad attacking Governor McKee and we call on her to take the ad down immediately.

[UNAP @WeAreUNAP]

For more than two years, the health care workers we represent fought daily to keep RIers alive through the worst of the COVID pandemic. A key part of this was ensuring that as many Rhode Islanders as possible were vaccinated. We are appalled that @NellieGorbea would source a

[UNAP @WeAreUNAP]

Today, UNAP members joined in solidarity with other nurses and health professionals from across the country for the National Nurses March in Washington D.C. We marched to Congress to demand real change in the healthcare field. #nationalnursesmarch

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“Put simply, Landmark management, led by the out of state Prime Healthcare, has forgotten about the nurses and healthcare professionals who led Landmark Medical Center through the worst of the pandemic,” stated UNAP Local 5067 President Brenda Schobel.
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[UNAP @WeAreUNAP]

Our President, Lynn Blais, RN, will be representing the UNAP's more than 7,000 frontline healthcare workers when she joins @davidcicilline tonight for President Biden's virtual State of the Union address.

[Ian Donnis @IanDon]

.@WeAreUNAP’s Lynn Blais to be @davidcicilline’s virtual guest for SOTU

[UNAP @WeAreUNAP]

"It is my own personal feeling that Bishop Mulvee would have never seen this go on. This is negligence from Bishop Tobin."
-Caroll Short
Retired healthcare worker, St. Joseph's Hospital

[UNAP @WeAreUNAP]

It's time for the Diocese and @ThomasJTobin1 to stop dragging their feet. The retired nurses and health professionals who served the Catholic Church for decades deserve the pension they were promised.
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[UNAP @WeAreUNAP]

It's time for @ThomasJTobin1 and the Diocese of Providence to fulfill their moral and financial obligation to the nurses and healthcare workers who served the Church and patients at St. Joe's and Fatima hospitals. They deserve better. Hear their stories at https://t.co/xxjKqqzILD

[UNAP @WeAreUNAP]

WHY: Local 5110 and Fatima management have been bargaining for a new contract since early April, but the for-profit Prospect CharterCare, owner of Fatima, refuses to negotiate a fair contract with protections for patients and the nurses and health professionals who care for them.

[UNAP @WeAreUNAP]

PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT FRONTLINE NURSES AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AT FATIMA HOSPITAL!
WHAT: Informational picket at Fatima Hospital
WHEN: Thursday, July 29 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
WHERE: Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, 200 High Service Avenue, North Providence, RI

[Ian Donnis @IanDon]

#OTD in 2013 @LincolnChafee signs RI’s same sex-marriage bill into law. A smart grassroots campaign helped shift the tide in the legislature

[Ian Donnis @IanDon]

LISTEN: @AGNeronha discusses his showdown with Prospect Medical and how Rhode Island suffers from a piecemeal approach to planning its healthcare landscape

https://t.co/6udG9TZdFK

[Ray Sullivan @RaySullivan]

"You chose to get into healthcare. Act like you believe in it."

Amen and thank you, @AGNeronha.

[Ian Donnis @IanDon]

Just got off the phone with @AGNeronha. I will post audio of our conversation. He says he hopes to release his report on Prospect Medical early next week

[Ian Donnis @IanDon]

.@WeAreUNAP statement on Prospect Medical’s withdrawal from RI’s regulatory process

[Ian Donnis @IanDon]

.@WeAreUNAP: "We fully expect state regulators to hold the wealthy owners of Fatima and Roger Williams accountable going forward"

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[Ian Donnis @IanDon]

.@SenLouDiPalma: "Where will Roger Williams and Fatima be three or four years from now? What will happen to the access, the quality and affordability of the care that is provided in those two and other facilities associated with the project?”

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[Dominick Ruggerio @SenatorRuggerio]

There have been a number of very concerning red flags, including several serious issues raised by the consultant hired by the Council to advise them on the proposed transaction.

[Ian Donnis @IanDon]

RI's Health Services Council is recommending a change in ownership for Our Lady of Fatima and Roger Williams Medical Center

.@WeAreUNAP. @SenatorRuggerio & @SenLouDiPalma are not happy

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