UFCW Local 328

Workers at Savoy Bookshop & Café in Westerly win voluntary union recognition

“We, the booksellers and baristas of Savoy Bookshop & Café, are happy to announce our decision to form a union. We are filing an election petition with the National Labor Relations Board and requesting the company’s voluntary recognition of our...

June 15, 2022

Seven Stars barista Izzie Cossey talks about unionization effort

“Currently we have three stores that are unionizing. We have Hope Street, Point Street and Broadway. We’re...

May 26, 2022

Rhode Island legalizes recreational cannabis

“The passage of the cannabis legalization bill is a historic achievement, and the inclusion of automatic expungement...

September 8, 2021

Legislators reiterate call for social and racially just marijuana legislation

“If we choose to legalize cannabis in RI without full restorative justice for the thousands of black...

June 28, 2021

No compassion for workers at Greenleaf dispensary in Portsmouth

“I think cannabis should be legalized, absolutely, but it shouldn’t be legalized so that rich white men...

May 7, 2021

Better than New York? Cannabis legalization in RI needs to center social and economic justice, say advocates

“In any legalization legislation we must ensure that the past and future harms of the criminalization of...

April 21, 2021

Reclaim RI’s 420 rally for racial and economic justice in cannabis legalization law

“We can’t talk about weed legalization if we don’t mention policing, police violence and mass incarceration,” said...

April 6, 2021

Greenleaf Compassionate Care Center workers vote to unionize

“We hope that through demonstrating our continued commitment to one another in organizing as workers that we...

July 30, 2020

With a month to go before school starts in Cumberland, school bus company won’t negotiate contract in good faith, say workers

“We want to make sure we get them to school safely, that they’re protected and we’re protected,...

October 31, 2019

Eastland Food workers ratify first union contract and join UFCW Local 328

Press release from UFCW Local 328: We are proud to announce that after many months of negotiating,...

February 27, 2018

Eastland Food Products workers stage one-day strike

150 Eastland Food Products workers went on a one-day strike Tuesday for better benefits, working conditions and...

February 9, 2018

Eastland Food Products workers target Whole Foods over fair wages

Workers for Eastland Food Products, located in Cranston, were handing out flyers outside of Whole Foods on...