NEW: RI Jobs With Justice Calling for “Good Jobs & Quality Care” at Lifespan
Friday, January 16, 2015
Congressmen Jim Langevin and David Cicilline are among those expected to attend a “Worker and Community Speak Out for Good Jobs and Quality Care at Lifespan” rally to be held at Our Lady of the Rosary Church on Benefit St on Saturday, January 17.
The 4pm rally is also set to feature State Representative Aaron Regunberg, Providence City Councilwoman Carmen Castillo, and Rhode Island Hospital workers and community leaders.
According to a press release from Jobs With Justice, “Lifespan is investing tens of millions of dollars into Epic, a new system of electronic patient records. But tensions are rising over workers' rights and patient care issues just as Lifespan is moving to train employees and go live with Epic at Rhode Island Hospital.”
“The community stands with RI Hospital employees in their campaign for Good Jobs & Quality Patient Care at Lifespan and RI Hospital,” said Jesse Strecker, Executive Director of Rhode Island Jobs With Justice. “As a non-profit institution, Lifespan has a responsibility to ensure that its decisions put people first. Unfortunately, management at RI Hospital has decided that paying their top ten executives more than $16 million is a higher priority than making sure that the hospital has adequate staffing, and that employees have job security, fair wages, and a safe retirement.”
The Teamster contract with Rhode Island Hospital, which expired on December 31, had been extended through Friday, January 16. The two sides were in contract talks Friday, but an agreement is not expected.
Hospital management upset the Teamsters this week by making contract proposals that would “eliminate job security protections, decrease inflation-adjusted wages, maintain cuts in retirement benefits and leave unaddressed workers' proposals around safe staffing and patient care.” according to the press release.
Teamsters Local 251 called the proposals "a slap in the face to every Rhode Island Hospital employee and every person in the community that is concerned about good jobs and quality patient care."
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