NEA R.I. President Purtill to retire in December

James Bessette

06/30/2022

LAWRENCE E. PURTILL will retire as president of the National Education Association of Rhode Island on Dec. 30. / COURTESY NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF RHODE ISLAND

CRANSTON – A longtime leader within Rhode Island’s largest labor union will call it a career at the end of the year. The National Education Association of Rhode Island announced Thursday that its president, Lawrence E. Purtill, will retire on Dec. 30 after being with the labor union for 36 years, 23 of them as…

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