April 22, 2018

Let’s keep building

Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo’s address to North America’s Building Trades Unions in Washington DC on April...

October 31, 2019

Business groups want wage discrimination bill with teeth to be defanged

The Senate Labor Committee started Wednesday’s hearing on two wage discrimination bills with only two Senators in...

February 27, 2018

Eastland Food Products workers stage one-day strike

150 Eastland Food Products workers went on a one-day strike Tuesday for better benefits, working conditions and...

February 9, 2018

Eastland Food Products workers target Whole Foods over fair wages

Workers for Eastland Food Products, located in Cranston, were handing out flyers outside of Whole Foods on...

January 19, 2020

Providence Teachers Union pickets Elorza’s State of the City Address

Hundreds of Providence public school teachers and supporters picketed Mayor Jorge Elorza’s State of City Address on...

December 19, 2017

UNAP, Care New England reach agreement to save jobs at Memorial Hospital

The United Nurses and Allied and Professionals (UNAP) Local 5082 and representatives from Care New England (CNE)...

December 8, 2017

UNAP files lawsuit to preserve healthcare services and jobs at Memorial Hospital

United Nurses and Allied Professionals (UNAP) Local 5082 filed a lawsuit in Superior Court today in an...

November 30, 2017

Rhode Island is the only New England state relying on anti-labor, ALEC-inspired preemption clauses

No other state in New England has passed even one preemptive labor law. Rhode Island has passed...

November 27, 2017

Nurses want to know: What are Care New England’s plans for Memorial?

Care New England announced the closing/down-sizing of Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island in Pawtucket on October 17,...

December 5, 2017

Memorial Hospital shutting down intensive care unit

“On Friday, Care New England officials notified Memorial Hospital medical staff that they were going to close...

November 3, 2017

Democratic Party recommits to labor with A Better Deal

The Democratic Party‘s economic agenda has doubled down on its commitment to workers and unions with A...

November 12, 2017

Nurses and hospital workers keep pressure on as pension winds its way through court

Around 50 active and retired St Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island pension plan participants picketed outside...

March 3, 2019

New law makes it easier to form worker cooperatives

Governor Gina Raimondo was in Central Falls on Wednesday to sign the bills that would “make it...

November 12, 2017

Nurses protest at court, Diocese over pension failure

Three busloads of retirees and potential retirees from Our Lady of Fatima Hospital and the former Saint...