Labor & Workers
Labor unions, workers' rights, and employment
Department of Labor holds a listening session on the overtime rule in Providence
"One of the many reasons reasons wages for American workers have stagnated is the "antiquated overtime threshold" said Douglas Hall, director of economic and fiscal policy the Economic Progress Institute. "Not only has the overtime thres...
Providence school bus drivers will strike on Thursday if no agreement is made with city
The following is the official statement from Teamsters Local 251 Principal Officer and Secretary-Treasurer Matt Taibi on the Providence First Student Strike: "In consideration for the hardship for the children and parents involved with P...
As NFL season kicks off, contract negotiations continue at Omni Providence Hotel
When the Houston Texans come to town to play the New England Patriots, as they are today, they stay in nice hotels. As the NFL season kicks off, Unite Here! Local 26 members who work as hotel housekeepers, front desk reception, bellmen,...
Interested in starting a Worker Cooperative? The Cooperative Academy can help
If you’ve never thought about starting a business chances are you know someone who has. It’s a common dream, to work for yourself, not someone else. There is actually another option: working with each other. In a worker cooperative, the...
Unite Here! Local 26 members and allies hold Labor Day picket outside the Omni Providence Hotel
"For a lot of our neighbors and friends Labor Day means having cookouts, doing back to school shopping, maybe go to the beach, but for us, it means it's time to fight," said UNITE HERE Local 26 organizer Jonah Zinn, addressing the crowd...
AFL-CIO's George Nee to be awarded World Peace Prize
For the first time a Rhode Island Labor leader will be honored with the World Peace Prize. The World Peace Prize Awarding Council (WPPAC) has announced that George Nee president of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, will receive the prestigious p...
UNAP and Lifespan reach tentative agreement
Members of the United Nurses and Allied Professionals (UNAP) Local 5098, and representatives of Lifespan have reached a tentative deal on a new, five year contract. Details of the contract will be presented to union members for their con...
Eastland Food workers ratify first union contract and join UFCW Local 328
Press release from UFCW Local 328: We are proud to announce that after many months of negotiating, the hardworking men and women of Eastland Food unanimously voted 94-0 to approve their first union contract. The workers of Eastland Food,...
More on Groden Center strike
Educators at the Groden Center schools in Providence and Coventry engaged in a one-day strike on Friday to demand safer classrooms for their students and living wages for staff, and in protest of management’s Unfair Labor Practices. Grod...
Unfair labor practice strike at Groden Center in Providence
Fed up with high turnover, unsafe staffing, and low wages, educators who work with students with autism at the Groden Center went on a 1-day strike today in Providence. This is an unfair labor practice strike. After months of negotiation...