Tag: Labor Unions
AFL-CIO poll shows strong support for union, labor’s legislative agenda
PROVIDENCE – Registered voters across Rhode Island strongly support the state's unions and labor’s legislative agenda, according to poll results released by the AFL-CIO...
Lower school staff joins growing unionization movement at Paul Cuffee School
PROVIDENCE – Paraprofessionals and certified teaching staff members at Paul Cuffee School’s lower school on Monday voted to unionize and join the Rhode Island...
Council 94 names McDonald new president
NORTH PROVIDENCE – A month after the death of its longtime president, Rhode Island’s largest public-sector employees union has named a new leader.
Rhode Island...
Brown University community coordinators union on strike over unfair labor practices
PROVIDENCE – More than 130 Labor Organization of Community Coordinators AFT/RIFTHP Local 6516 members began walking the picket line Wednesday morning at Brown University...
Here’s why UAW’s strategy is working
The United Auto Workers union isn’t backing down as it bargains for more compensation and better benefits in its new contracts with General Motors...
RISE Dispensary workers vote to unionize, join Local 328
WARWICK – Workers at another local cannabis dispensary have agreed to unionize.
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 328 announced Tuesday that personal care...
New 5-year agreement between RISD, Local 251 notes pay raises for...
PROVIDENCE – More than 60 union workers at the Rhode Island School of Design returned to work Wednesday after the arts college and Teamsters...
Tentative agreement reached between RISD, Local 251
PROVIDENCE – There soon may be labor peace at the Rhode Island School of Design.
The arts college announced late Monday that college officials and...
RISD union employees on strike again after contract negotiations fail
PROVIDENCE – Two weeks after holding a one-day strike, union employees at the Rhode Island School of Design walked off the job again Monday...
Union employees at RISD go on strike
PROVIDENCE – More than 60 union employees at the Rhode Island School of Design walked off the job Thursday morning, with some picketing outside...