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,...

Rep. Magaziner promotes PRO Act, seeks to expand union membership nationwide
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...

Driven to Strike by Maddie King
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...

First Student bus drivers and workers announce open strike beginning Nov. 2
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....

First Source mandates the hiring of PVD residents but the city refuses to enforce it
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...

Residents push city to enforce resident-first hiring ordinance
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...

Providence Finance Committee to take up lucrative Buff Chace tax giveaways on Thursday
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...

Candidates for governor tackle conservative economics at Chamber of Commerce Forum
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...

One Fair Wage endorses local candidates committed to raising the minimum wage
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...

Blackstone Valley Community Health Center strike averted
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...