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Uber and Lyft Drivers Strike in Rhode Island for Better Pay and Working Conditions
April 21, 2023
Adequate pay needed for those who work with Rhode Islanders with with developmental disabilities
Because the work is demanding and the pay is well below a living wage, agencies have struggled...
April 19, 2023
Rhode Island carpenters union fights wage theft & tax fraud at annual tax day of action
Carpenters Union Local 330 hosted their fourth-annual Tax Day of Action event, demanding lawmakers address rampant wage...
April 4, 2023
Art school’s unseen heroes: RISD workers strike for fair wages and respect
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) facility staff represented by Teamsters Local 251 take to the picket...
March 25, 2023
RISD facilities staff hold one-day strike for better pay
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) facility staff, represented by Teamsters Local 251, held a one-day unfair...
March 22, 2023
Bills seek to finally eliminate predatory payday lenders in RI
In Rhode Island, people have been advocating for over 13 years against the practice of payday loans,...
March 16, 2023
Rep. Magaziner promotes PRO Act, seeks to expand union membership nationwide
Recently elected United States Representative Seth Magaziner hosted a press conference Thursday morning with local labor leaders...
December 2, 2022
Breaking Bread: The Story of the Seven Stars Union
“At one of Providence’s most iconic coffee and pastry spots, workers are speaking up again for their...
November 2, 2022
Driven to Strike by Maddie King
Uprise RI comic artist Maddie King with their second piece on labor battles in Rhode Island, this...
October 26, 2022
First Student bus drivers and workers announce open strike beginning Nov. 2
Public schools in Cranston, West Warwick, Lincoln and private/specialty schools across the state will be impacted....
October 20, 2022
First Source mandates the hiring of PVD residents but the city refuses to enforce it
Businesses that receive $25k or more in city loans, subsidies or tax breaks and have four or...
October 7, 2022
Residents push city to enforce resident-first hiring ordinance
The First Source ordinance, which was passed in 1986, guarantees that when the city supplies $25k or...
September 21, 2022
Providence Finance Committee to take up lucrative Buff Chace tax giveaways on Thursday
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza and City Solicitor Jeffrey Dana never sat down for the interview the mayor...
September 9, 2022
Candidates for governor tackle conservative economics at Chamber of Commerce Forum
The Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce held a gubernatorial forum on Thursday morning, focused primarily on pro-business...
August 26, 2022
One Fair Wage endorses local candidates committed to raising the minimum wage
“One Fair Wage Action has endorsed Senators Tiara Mack and Sam Bell, Representative David Morales, and candidate...
November 30, 2022
Blackstone Valley Community Health Center strike averted
In a new feature at Uprise RI comic artist Maddie King writes, “…by posing to exercise their...
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