R.I. AFL-CIO unanimously endorses changing state’s official name

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PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island AFL-CIO on Sept. 21 unanimously voted to endorse the proposed amendment to the state’s constitution, dropping the phrase “and Providence Plantations” from the official state name, according to a news release. Union President George Nee said in a statement, “Part of the mission of the AFL-CIO is to ‘vanquish oppression,

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