Essential workers face stark choices, and Governor Raimondo refuses to help
April 12, 2020

Essential workers face stark choices, and Governor Raimondo refuses to help

“I don’t have an authority via executive order to require private employers to tell them how they...

Progressive organizations unite to demand RI lawmakers rescue workers left out of stimulus bill
April 1, 2020

Progressive organizations unite to demand RI lawmakers rescue workers left out of stimulus bill

“We need the state government to step in and protect the countless working Rhode Islanders who need...

Nine Local, State Officials Endorse Elizabeth Warren for President
January 27, 2020

Nine Local, State Officials Endorse Elizabeth Warren for President

“I’m grateful to be endorsed by this group of Rhode Island’s foremost leaders,” said Elizabeth Warren. “From...

Rally to support the impeachment of Trump draws hundreds to Rhode Island State House
December 18, 2019

Rally to support the impeachment of Trump draws hundreds to Rhode Island State House

“Make no mistake, it is a sad day when we as a country need to come together...

Rhode Island Working Families Party continues to endorse progressive candidates
January 19, 2020

Rhode Island Working Families Party continues to endorse progressive candidates

The Rhode Island Working Families Party (RI WFP) continues to endorse progressive candidates. In the Rhode Island...

Resisting hate by winning some elections
January 19, 2020

Resisting hate by winning some elections

“Here’s my proposition,” said Georgia Hollister Isman, state director of Rhode Island Working Families. “In order to...

Fair Pay Act and $15 minimum wage critically important, say advocates
March 2, 2020

Fair Pay Act and $15 minimum wage critically important, say advocates

Ahead of Rhode Island House Labor Committee consideration of bills concerning Fair Pay and a $15 minimum...

Lt Governor Daniel McKee admonished for dismissive comments on reproductive rights
October 31, 2019

Lt Governor Daniel McKee admonished for dismissive comments on reproductive rights

“The Woman Project is shocked by Lieutenant Governor Daniel McKee’s out of touch statement, which makes us...

Announcing the campaign for a $15 minimum wage and fair wages
March 2, 2020

Announcing the campaign for a $15 minimum wage and fair wages

Today marked the launch of a coordinated campaign to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an...

Born in the fires of a Trump presidency, Resist Hate RI contemplates its second year
December 12, 2017

Born in the fires of a Trump presidency, Resist Hate RI contemplates its second year

Last year, shortly after the Presidential Election, around a thousand people gathered in the cafeteria of Hope...

McKee’s silence on GOP tax plan draws rebuke from RI Working Families Party
January 19, 2020

McKee’s silence on GOP tax plan draws rebuke from RI Working Families Party

While Rhode Island State Representative Aaron Regunberg (Democrat, District 4, Providence), who is running for Lieutenant Governor, decried...

Regunberg picks up five labor endorsements for Lieutenant Governor
January 19, 2020

Regunberg picks up five labor endorsements for Lieutenant Governor

Rhode Island State Representative Aaron Regunberg (Democrat, District 4, Providence) announced his endorsement by five important labor...

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