(PROVIDENCE) – Women & Infants reached a tentative agreement on December 3, 2024, on a new nearly 3-year contract with 1199SEIU. As part of the agreement, SEIU1199 has withdrawn its notice to the hospital that it intended to strike on December 12.
“We are very pleased that we have reached an agreement on a contract that benefits both our staff and Women & Infants Hospital,” said Shannon R. Sullivan, president of Women & Infants. “We are ready to move forward with all our colleagues to focus on what is most important: providing outstanding care.”
The final tentative agreement saves the union’s pension and provides significant contributions to employees’ retirement. It provides salary increases that are important for employees and their families and makes Women & Infants even more competitive to retain and recruit the best talent.
“Women & Infants holds a special place in Rhode Island healthcare and this contract recognizes the talents, skills, and compassion of our team members while ensuring the hospital’s sustainability for the community,” Sullivan said.
About Women & Infants Hospital
Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, a Care New England hospital, is one of the nation’s leading specialty hospitals for women and newborns. A major teaching affiliate of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University for obstetrics, gynecology, and newborn pediatrics, as well as a number of specialized programs in women’s medicine, Women & Infants is the ninth largest stand-alone obstetrical service in the country and the largest in New England with approximately 8,700 deliveries per year. Women & Infants is a Designated Baby-Friendly® USA hospital and was recently ranked by Newsweek as one of America's Best Maternity Hospitals in 2024. The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ranked 11 in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best Medical Schools specialty ranking.
Women & Infants has been designated as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiography; a Center of Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gynecology; and a Neonatal Resource Services Center of Excellence. It is one of the largest and most prestigious research facilities in high-risk and normal obstetrics, gynecology, and newborn pediatrics in the nation, and is a member of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal Fetal Medicine Units Network, and Pelvic Floors Disorders Network, as well as the National Cancer Institute’s Gynecologic Oncology Group.