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Today’s informational picket at Pawtucket nursing home “postponed”

May 8, 2021

On Saturday, May 8 at 3:00PM, frontline caregivers at the Pawtucket Falls Nursing Center at 70 Gill Ave, Pawtucket, who are members of SEIU 1199 New England, would have been holding an informational picket to “demand respect and dignity, fair wage increases to attract and retain caregivers, and affordable health insurance”. In the early afternoon,…

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