]> http://www.unap.org <p><img src="image/view/1341" align="right" hspace="5px">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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><a href="mission">See where we work...</a></p> en http://www.unap.org/node/1738 <p><img style="WIDTH: 269px; HEIGHT: 243px" height="243" hspace="10" src="http://www.unap.org/files/MOT%20override3-web.jpg" width="269" align="left" vspace="10" border="0" />Rhode Island's new mandatory overtime law became effective on Tuesday, March 4.&nbsp; The new law prohibits hospitals from forcing nurses and nurse's aides to work beyond their scheduled shift, except in true emergencies.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <p>The UNAP has prepared a variety of materials to educate members about their new legal rights -- including <a href="http://www.unap.org/files/MOT%20law%20-%20poster%20(8%201-2%20X%2011).pdf">posters</a>, <a href="http://www.unap.org/mot">fact sheets</a>, <a href="http://www.unap.org/files/MOT%20law%20-%20badge%20card.pdf">badge cards</a>, <a href="http://www.unap.org/files/MOT%20law%20-%20documentation%20form.pdf">mandatory overtime documentation forms</a>, and <a href="http://www.unap.org/node/1754">additional questions &amp; answers</a>.&nbsp; For printed copies of these materials, contact the UNAP at 401-831-3647.</p> All UNAP News Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:24:34 -0500