May 16, 2020

NEARI holds car rally, lauches website in defense of fired NEA Tiverton President

“For 20 years, she’s been standing up for you. For 20 years, she’s been fighting for you…...

Commission for Health Advocacy and Equity shares ‘urgent concerns and recommendations’ for reopening RI
May 9, 2020

Commission for Health Advocacy and Equity shares ‘urgent concerns and recommendations’ for reopening RI

“While… inequities and unjust systems were in place long before any of us came to occupy our...

May 8, 2020

Frontline caregivers demand hazard pay at Groden Center

“I love the kids I work with and want to fight for them but I shouldn’t be...

Grad Student Union holds car rally to protest Brown’s COVID-19 response
May 8, 2020

Grad Student Union holds car rally to protest Brown’s COVID-19 response

“If [Paxson] is so willing to risk the health and safety of graduate employees to ensure the...

Small Business Tips & Tricks: Astroturfing Reviews, Persuading Customers
May 22, 2020

Small Business Tips & Tricks: Astroturfing Reviews, Persuading Customers

Why fake reviews are a bad idea, and how to persuade customers to take action...

May 1, 2020

Introducing Small Business Tips & Tricks

A new Uprise RI exclusive for Rhode Island small business owners....

Healthcare workers caravan outside DOH, calling for increased testing, greater nursing home accountability
May 6, 2020

Healthcare workers caravan outside DOH, calling for increased testing, greater nursing home accountability

“Given that 75% of Covid-19 related deaths are in nursing homes the Department of Health needs to...

Front line workers demand Bannister Center provide hazard pay, PPE and safe staffing
April 16, 2020

Front line workers demand Bannister Center provide hazard pay, PPE and safe staffing

“My co-workers could be home – especially the ones that get paid nothing – they could be...

April 21, 2020

Additional pay for frontline workers must come from federal government, says Raimondo

“The best way to handle that, I believe, is for the federal government to provide them with...

April 1, 2020

Low-wage workers are being hit the hardest during pandemic, says Governor Raimondo

But the Governor says little to ensure that they will be supported economically during and after the...

March 5, 2020

Chambers of Commerce weaponize coronavirus against workers

“It is so coincidental that the coronavirus is aiding the opposition to this bill…” said House Labor...

February 27, 2020

Rhode Islanders want $15.
Lawmakers should listen.

“Rhode Island families need a $15 an hour minimum wage, or at the very least a clear...

February 27, 2020

Graduate students march to pressure Brown University to final agreement on contact

“You may have noticed that we are gathered here today with pots and pans,” said Melody, a...

February 18, 2020

Rhode Island is poised to pass a $1 minimum wage increase and that’s not good enough

“…no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any...

February 7, 2020

House Labor bows to Senate, hears minimum wage bill with no path to $15

“It would be much better to be on a path to $15,” said Alan Krinsky, the Senior...