Labor & Workers
Labor unions, workers' rights, and employment
UNAP members conduct informational picket outside Rhode Island Hospital
The United Nurses and Allied Professionals (UNAP) Local 5098 conducted an informational picket outside the campus of Rhode Island Hospital on Friday. UNAP members are protesting a lack of resources and support from Lifespan as corporate...
Local labor and politicians react to Janus decision with determination
"The history of the AFL-CIO demonstrates that we have fought through far more adversity than on Supreme Court decision," said Rhode Island AFL-CIO President George Nee. "The AFL-CIO is an organization of unions and by its very nature we...
Brown University graduate employees sign landmark union agreement with administration
The labor union for graduate employees at Brown University, Stand Up for Graduate Student Employees (SUGSE), signed an agreement today with the university for a free and fair union election for 1,400 graduate teaching and research assist...
Striking DHL workers picket La Quinta Inn where their out-of-state replacements are staying
The DHLNH strike in Pawtucket has been going on for over four weeks now. Driver's at the company receive around $12-13 an hour and the health care on offer is unaffordable. There are no pension of retirement benefits. DHL drivers doing s...
Providence Teachers Union pickets Elorza's re-election announcement
Over 200 Providence public school teachers and supporters picketed Mayor Jorge Elorza’s re-election announcement at the Roger William Park Casino on Sunday. At issue are stalled contract negotiations between the union and the city. The P...
Striking DHL workers in Pawtucket hit four-week mark
It has now been four weeks that DHLNH workers in Pawtucket, seeking better pay and affordable health care, have been on strike, as owner Phil Walker continues to employ scab replacements. "We knew when we first met the employer, between...
Striking DHL workers demand healthcare and living wages
"We were told it's a single man's job and that if you don't like it, don't have kids," said Matthew Maini from Teamsters Local 251. I had just asked about the negotiations over healthcare at DHLNH on Concord St in Pawtucket. Workers ther...
Labor organizations rally against wage theft and employee misclassification Station Row project in Providence
The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 11 held a rally Saturday afternoon in partnership with Fuerza Laboral and Rhode Island Jobs With Justice at the site of Trilogy Development's Station Row proj...
Painters union volunteers give new Tides Family Services building a much needed upgrade
Over 20 painters from the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 11 volunteered their time Saturday, painting the outside of the Tides Family Services building on 242 Dexter Street in Pawtucket. Saturd...
Let's keep building
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo's address to North America's Building Trades Unions in Washington DC on April 18, 2018 Governor Gina Raimondo addressed over 3,000 building trades leaders from across the United States at the annual NA...