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...

Rhode Island for Bernie Kickoff Rally draws hundreds of eager volunteers and supporters
January 12, 2020

Rhode Island for Bernie Kickoff Rally draws hundreds of eager volunteers and supporters

“Decades from now historians will say that 2020 was a dark moment in the history of the...

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...

Georgia Hollister Isman: Mess with progressive women at your peril and other lessons from the 2018 election
January 19, 2020

Georgia Hollister Isman: Mess with progressive women at your peril and other lessons from the 2018 election

At the end of a hard fought 2018 election season, we’ve had two tremendously successful election cycles...

Georgia Hollister Isman: Primary was a great night for Working Families Party and for the values we stand for
January 19, 2020

Georgia Hollister Isman: Primary was a great night for Working Families Party and for the values we stand for

Yesterday’s primary was a whirlwind, and a wet one at that. There were many great victories and...

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...

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...

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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