October 31, 2019

RI NOW on the continuing need for Sexual Harassment Commission

Throughout 2018 sexual harassment has dominated public discourse, both nationally and here in our state. This is...

October 31, 2019

Representative Amore calls for action on sexual harassment legislation to begin the 2019 session

Representative Gregg Amore (Democrat, District 65, East Providence) is requesting that the issues brought forth by the...

October 31, 2019

Blazejewski to prefile legislation tackling sexual and discriminatory harassment at the General Assembly

Representative Christopher Blazejewski (Democrat, District 2, Providence) plans to prefile legislation ahead of the 2019 legislative session...

October 27, 2018

Advocates for the Fair Food Program want you to Boycott Wendy’s and stop the sexual exploitation of vulnerable workers

Brown University students and Providence community members held a rally in the pouring rain outside the Wendy’s...

October 12, 2018

Brown Grad Employees to file petition for union elections

From a press release: Graduate employees at Brown University have given official notice to the university of...

October 10, 2018

Groden Center staff reach tentative agreement with management

[From a press release] After months of negotiating and two strikes, Behavioral Specialists and Clerical Staff, who...

October 31, 2019

Groden Center educators still on strike – Day Two

UPDATE from SEIU: “Behavior specialists and other support staff, who provide education and other services to children...

October 3, 2018

Elorza calls for swift end to bus strike, responds to ACLU letter

Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza stood with School Superintendent Christopher Maher and about a dozen city and state...

October 31, 2019

Groden Center educators on strike

Educators at the Groden Center schools in Providence and Coventry went on strike Tuesday in protest of...

September 28, 2018

Providence school bus drivers on strike

Information about the City of Providence’s response to the strike can be found by calling (401) 919-5271...

September 25, 2018

Department of Labor holds a listening session on the overtime rule in Providence

“One of the many reasons reasons wages for American workers have stagnated is the “antiquated overtime threshold”...

September 23, 2018

Providence school bus drivers will strike on Thursday if no agreement is made with city

The following is the official statement from Teamsters Local 251 Principal Officer and Secretary-Treasurer Matt Taibi on...

September 9, 2018

As NFL season kicks off, contract negotiations continue at Omni Providence Hotel

When the Houston Texans come to town to play the New England Patriots, as they are today,...

October 31, 2019

Interested in starting a Worker Cooperative? The Cooperative Academy can help

If you’ve never thought about starting a business chances are you know someone who has. It’s a...

September 4, 2018

Unite Here! Local 26 members and allies hold Labor Day picket outside the Omni Providence Hotel

“For a lot of our neighbors and friends Labor Day means having cookouts, doing back to school...