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[ September 12, 2019 ] Maggie Kain announces her candidacy for Rhode Island State Senate District 37 Elections 2020
[ September 12, 2019 ] Noa Machover and Nora Lawrence: Efforts to unionize Brown Catering Service employees at an impasse News
[ September 12, 2019 ] Never Again Action and AMOR will demand answers and action from Wyatt Board at Friday meeting Wyatt Detention Center
[ September 11, 2019 ] National organizations team up to pressure Jack Reed on Yemen Peace
[ September 11, 2019 ] “We the People March” Rally to be held in Providence Activism

September 12, 2019

Government shutdown may affect SNAP benefits, other programs; Money may run out in March

January 14, 2019 Steve Ahlquist

Courtney Hawkins, Director of the Rhode Island Department of Human Services (RI DHS) held a press conference today to let people receiving SNAP benefits, a federally funded food assistance program, …

Business groups want wage discrimination bill with teeth to be defanged

April 2, 2018 Steve Ahlquist

The Senate Labor Committee started Wednesday’s hearing on two wage discrimination bills with only two Senators in attendance,

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

January 30, 2018 Steve Ahlquist

Today marked the launch of a coordinated campaign to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023 and to guarantee fair pay for all workers. Raising the …