Community Focus: Butler Hospital President Mary Marran

Community Focus: Butler Hospital President Mary Marran

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — It's been over two months since hundreds of unionized Butler Hospital workers went on strike. Earlier this month, the hospital announced it presented a revised, final offer to the workers, who are represented by New England Health Care Employees Union (SEIU 1199NE). The workers rejected that offer. BACKGROUND: Butler union members reject hospital’s ‘final’ offer, citing inadequate wages Mary Marran, president…

Butler Hospital’s president on the ongoing strike: ‘I have a responsibility to the future of the hospital’ - TPR: The Public's Radio

Roughly 800 unionized workers at Butler Hospital entered the twelfth week of a strike on Thursday. They are striking over wages, benefits and workplace safety at the psychiatric hospital on Providence’s East Side. The hospital’s President and Chief Operating Officer Mary Marran spoke with Lynn Arditi, health reporter at The Public’s Radio, about the strike’s […] The post Butler Hospital’s president on the ongoing strike: ‘I have a responsibility…