WEST GREENWICH, R.I. (AP) Police in Rhode Island are investigating the shooting of an 18-year-old man by an off-duty Pawtucket officer, West Greenwich Chief Richard Ramsay said. The chain of events started at about 8 p.m.
Hospital to hire permanent replacements for striking nurses
May 13, 2021 GMT
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) A Massachusetts hospital where nurses have been on strike for more than two months has started the process of hiring permanent replacements.
The move was made after the union representing nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester “made their intentions to continue the strike known by adding a number of non-negotiable items to its already unreasonable staffing proposal,” the hospital, owned by Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, said in a statement Wednesday.
The nurses represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association went on strike March 8 seeking improved nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, which they say is needed for patient safety. The hospital counters that staffing levels are within industry standards.