Brown University graduate workers win tentative union contract in First for Ivy League
June 4, 2020

Brown University graduate workers win tentative union contract in First for Ivy League

More than 1,200 graduate employees sign inaugural agreement with administration guaranteeing job security and coronavirus protections In...

NEA Rhode Island: Lay-off notices? Just follow the rules
May 27, 2020

NEA Rhode Island: Lay-off notices? Just follow the rules

“…it is shameful to see some superintendents and school committees take advantage of budget uncertainty by playing...

Essential workers deserve hazard pay, so where are we with that?
May 22, 2020

Essential workers deserve hazard pay, so where are we with that?

“…it’s our lower paid janitors, people in grocery stores, mom and pop shops on the corner, bodegas,...

Small Business Tips & Tricks: Why Aren’t You Incorporated?
May 22, 2020

Small Business Tips & Tricks: Why Aren’t You Incorporated?

One of the most common mistakes small business owners make is operating their business as a sole...

NEARI holds car rally, lauches website in defense of fired NEA Tiverton President
May 16, 2020

NEARI holds car rally, lauches website in defense of fired NEA Tiverton President

“For 20 years, she’s been standing up for you. For 20 years, she’s been fighting for you…...

Commission for Health Advocacy and Equity shares ‘urgent concerns and recommendations’ for reopening RI
May 9, 2020

Commission for Health Advocacy and Equity shares ‘urgent concerns and recommendations’ for reopening RI

“While… inequities and unjust systems were in place long before any of us came to occupy our...

Frontline caregivers demand hazard pay at Groden Center
May 8, 2020

Frontline caregivers demand hazard pay at Groden Center

“I love the kids I work with and want to fight for them but I shouldn’t be...

Grad Student Union holds car rally to protest Brown’s COVID-19 response
May 8, 2020

Grad Student Union holds car rally to protest Brown’s COVID-19 response

“If [Paxson] is so willing to risk the health and safety of graduate employees to ensure the...

Small Business Tips & Tricks: Astroturfing Reviews, Persuading Customers
May 22, 2020

Small Business Tips & Tricks: Astroturfing Reviews, Persuading Customers

Why fake reviews are a bad idea, and how to persuade customers to take action...

Introducing Small Business Tips & Tricks
May 1, 2020

Introducing Small Business Tips & Tricks

A new Uprise RI exclusive for Rhode Island small business owners....

Healthcare workers caravan outside DOH, calling for increased testing, greater nursing home accountability
May 6, 2020

Healthcare workers caravan outside DOH, calling for increased testing, greater nursing home accountability

“Given that 75% of Covid-19 related deaths are in nursing homes the Department of Health needs to...

Front line workers demand Bannister Center provide hazard pay, PPE and safe staffing
April 16, 2020

Front line workers demand Bannister Center provide hazard pay, PPE and safe staffing

“My co-workers could be home – especially the ones that get paid nothing – they could be...

Additional pay for frontline workers must come from federal government, says Raimondo
April 21, 2020

Additional pay for frontline workers must come from federal government, says Raimondo

“The best way to handle that, I believe, is for the federal government to provide them with...

Low-wage workers are being hit the hardest during pandemic, says Governor Raimondo
April 1, 2020

Low-wage workers are being hit the hardest during pandemic, says Governor Raimondo

But the Governor says little to ensure that they will be supported economically during and after the...

Chambers of Commerce weaponize coronavirus against workers
March 5, 2020

Chambers of Commerce weaponize coronavirus against workers

“It is so coincidental that the coronavirus is aiding the opposition to this bill…” said House Labor...

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