Becker's Healthcare November 19, 2024
Medical residents and fellows at four Rhode Island hospitals affiliated with Brown University’s Warren Alpert School of Medicine in Providence are looking to unionize, The Brown Daily Herald reported Nov. 19.
Here are five things to know about the possible unionization:
1. The residents and fellows work across two separate healthcare systems: Brown University Health, formerly known as Lifespan Health, and Care New England Health.
2. Physicians and residents within each system submitted filings to the National Labor Board on Nov. 15 looking to link the Local 1957 chapter of the Service Employees International Union’s Committee of Interns and Residents, which currently represents more than...