UNAP Political Action
UNAP is committed to improving the health care system through the political process. As a Union of health professionals, we are determined to play an active role in the search for solutions to our society's health care crisis, and we are committed to bringing the perspective of direct care givers to the process.
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UNAP-organized facilities are better places to work and better places to be a patient. As health professionals, UNAP members have greater control over their work environment. And, as patient advocates, UNAP members have more clout to effect positive changes for their patients. Find out how you can join the UNAP.
Safe Staffing
Each hospital in Rhode Island is required by law to provide the Department of Health a projected plan for staffing of nurses. It is a report of how a hospital will staff each unit, based on an estimate of the future census for that unit. Each hospital has provided a report that includes some general information about the hospital and the staffing plans for each unit in the hospital.
Stepping Up program offers hope, training and jobs
The highly-regarded Stepping Up program, a health care career ladder program led by the UNAP/RI Hospital Health Care Education Trust and Women & Infants Hospital, has achieved significant success helping unemployed Rhode Islanders and entry-level health care workers obtain education and training leading to a job and career in health care.
United Nurses & Allied Professionals
The United Nurses & Allied Professionals (UNAP) is a regional health care union representing approximately 5,500 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.
UNAP News
UNAP Executive Director leaving to head Governor's Workforce Board
After more than 17 years with the UNAP, Executive Director Rick Brooks will be leaving the UNAP to take a position with the State of Rhode Island as the Executive Director of the Governor’s Workforce Board. In his new role, Rick will be responsible for developing policies and programs to increase the education and skills of Rhode Island workers and address the workforce needs of Rhode Island employers. In a message to UNAP leaders, Brooks wrote, "The UNAP will always have a very special place in my heart. We have been through so much together as we have worked to build our Union and make life better for our members and our patients. Through it all, I have learned from you what it truly means to be an advocate for health care workers and for patients – and for that I will always be deeply grateful." As of November 21, Rick can be reached at 401-462-8782 or rbrooks@dlt.ri.gov.
After more than 17 years with the UNAP, Executive Director Rick Brooks will be leaving the UNAP to take a position with the State of Rhode Island as the Executive Director of the Governor’s Workforce Board. In his new role, Rick will be responsible for developing policies and programs to increase the education and skills of Rhode Island workers and address the workforce needs of Rhode Island employers. In a message to UNAP leaders, Brooks wrote, "The UNAP will always have a very special place in my heart. We have been through so much together as we have worked to build our Union and make life better for our members and our patients. Through it all, I have learned from you what it truly means to be an advocate for health care workers and for patients – and for that I will always be deeply grateful." As of November 21, Rick can be reached at 401-462-8782 or rbrooks@dlt.ri.gov.
UNAP negotiates new four-year contract with RI Hospital
A new four-year contract between the United Nurses & Allied Professionals and RI Hospital was ratified on Friday, July 1 by a vote of 944 to 260, over the course of five membership meetings held at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick. The new contract covers more than 2,200 Registered Nurses and allied health professionals. Among the most significant provisions of the agreement are: Read more...
A new four-year contract between the United Nurses & Allied Professionals and RI Hospital was ratified on Friday, July 1 by a vote of 944 to 260, over the course of five membership meetings held at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick. The new contract covers more than 2,200 Registered Nurses and allied health professionals. Among the most significant provisions of the agreement are: Read more...
Caritas Christi to acquire Landmark Medical Center
After nearly three years in receivership, Landmark Medical Center and the Rehabilitation Hospital of RI are a step closer to having a new owner. On May 31, RI Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein announced that Steward Health Care (formerly Caritas Christi) would be permitted to move forward with its bid to acquire the two hospitals. UNAP Local 5067. which representsnearly 600 nurses and other health professionals at Landmark and RHRI, played a lead role in advocating for Steward, after two other companies that were acceptable to the Union dropped out of the running-- leaving only RegionalCare, which the Union strongly opposed. Union members have approved a new tentative contract with Steward. Read more...
After nearly three years in receivership, Landmark Medical Center and the Rehabilitation Hospital of RI are a step closer to having a new owner. On May 31, RI Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein announced that Steward Health Care (formerly Caritas Christi) would be permitted to move forward with its bid to acquire the two hospitals. UNAP Local 5067. which representsnearly 600 nurses and other health professionals at Landmark and RHRI, played a lead role in advocating for Steward, after two other companies that were acceptable to the Union dropped out of the running-- leaving only RegionalCare, which the Union strongly opposed. Union members have approved a new tentative contract with Steward. Read more...
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