Butler Hospital's striking workers and management are scheduled to resume talks with a federal mediator on Wednesday, marking the first formal negotiations since the union last week rejected the hospital’s "revised last, best, and final" offer. Roughly 700 unionized workers at the psychiatric hospital on Providence's East Side have been on strike since mid-May. The union, SEIU 1199 New England, represents about 700 hospital employees and another 100 unfilled union jobs.
In a social media landscape shaped by hashtags, algorithms, and viral posts, nurse leaders must decide: Will they let the narrative spiral, or can they adapt and join the conversation?
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