ROBERT A. WALSH will retire Aug. 1 as executive director of the National Education Association of Rhode Island after being with the labor union for close to 30 years. / COURTESY ROBERT A. WALSH
CRANSTON – The executive director of Rhode Island’s largest labor union will call it a career just before next school year starts. Robert A. Walsh, executive director of the National Education Association of Rhode Island, announced Tuesday in an email to union membership his intention to retire effective Aug. 1 after close to 30 years…