PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The union representing nurses at two Rhode Island hospitals says its strike is over, but nurses aren’t returning to work yet.
About 2,400 nurses and other health care workers at Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital went on strike Monday.
The strike was set by Local 5098 of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals. Spokesman Ray Sullivan says the strike ended at 3 p.m. Thursday but hospital operator Lifespan won’t let them return for another day.
Lifespan Spokesman David Levesque says they have a four-day commitment with the firm supplying temporary nurses, which is customary. He says permanent employees will return 3 p.m. Friday.
The union hasn’t publicly said what contract terms it’s requesting.
Lifespan says it offered wage increases of 9 percent to 25 percent over four years.
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