The United Nurses & Allied Professionals (UNAP) is a regional health care union representing 4,500 nurses, technologists, therapists, support staff, and other health care workers employed in Rhode Island, Vermont, and Connecticut.

UNAP is a forceful advocate for both our members and our patients. As patient advocates, we seek to create a humane health care system that offers accessible, affordable, quality care for all. As a professional union, we are committed to improving the working conditions and economic well-being of our members. We seek an equal voice for health care professionals in the decision-making processes that affect our jobs and our patients.

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Keep the faith at Fatima!

Nurses at Fatima Hospital, a proud Catholic institution, take pride in the compassionate, quality care that they give to their patients.  But the nurses have lost faith in the the hospital's administration.  It seems that Bishop Tobin and Fatima's Board of Director are drifting away from their primary mission to provide quality care.

CLICK HERE to send an email letter to John Fogarty, Fatima Hospital President & CEO, and Bishop Thomas Tobin, Fatima Hospital Chairman of the Board and Treasurer to urge them to show good faith in responding to the concerns of their nurses, and to practice what they preach!

Over the past 3 1/2 years, nurses have filed over 400 complaints about potentially unsafe staffing situations at Fatima Hospital -- over 100 in the past six months alone!  Fatima does not even staff at the levels that they have publicly reported to the RI Department of Health.

Save Landmark Medical Center

Landmark Medical Center has served the people of Northern Rhode Island since 1873 when it was founded as Woonsocket Hospital “for the relief, cure and general care of the sick.”

Landmark Medical Center has the third busiest emergency room in the State.  Landmark provides essential medical services to the community and has been recognized by the RI Department of Health as one of the most cost-effective hospitals in Rhode Island.  Landmark also serves as an economic engine to northern Rhode Island, providing good jobs to more than 1,000 employees.

Yet, largely because of inadequate payment for the services it provides, Landmark Medical Center is in dire financial condition.  As a result, the State has assigned a “Special Master” to help develop a plan for Landmark’s survival, and the hospital’s fate now rests with our State officials.

For the sake of its patients, employees, and the entire community, Landmark must remain a full-service, non-profit, locally-controlled community hospital that is responsive to the needs of the people of northern Rhode Island.

 UNAP News


UNAP to host Professional Issues Conference on Tuesday, June 10 Local 5086 elections coming up in May

The UNAP will host its bi-annual Professional Issues Conference on Tuesday, June 10 from 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM at the RI Convention Center.  For more information, click here....
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May 19, 2008 is the next Membership meeting. We will be voting on the budget and also holding elections that day. The meetings will be at 8am, 2pm and 4pm, the place will be announced....
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Retreat contract signed Rhode Island's new mandatory overtime now in effect

The new Retreat contract was signed on Monday, April 7.  We are waiting to get the copies back from the printer.  As soon as we receive them, we will distribute them to all our members.  Stay tuned......
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Rhode Island's new mandatory overtime law became effective on Tuesday, March 4.  The new law prohibits hospitals from forcing nurses and nurse's aides to work beyond their scheduled shift, except in true emergencies.  

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