AMAZON.COM is eliminating monthly bonuses and stock awards for warehouse workers and other hourly employees after the company pledged this week to raise pay to at least $15 an hour. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/JIM YOUNG

Amazon warehouse workers lose bonuses, stock awards for raises

Economic Activity October 3, 2018 4:15 pm

NEW YORK - Amazon.com Inc. is eliminating monthly bonuses and stock awards for warehouse workers and other hourly employees after the company pledged this...

AMAZON.COM INC. has raised its United States minimum wage to $15 an hour. / / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/DAVID PAUL MORRIS

Jeff Bezos blinked; Amazon raises minimum wage in U.S., U.K.

Economic Activity October 2, 2018 10:46 am

NEW YORK - Jeff Bezos blinked.Bowing to political pressure, he announced plans Tuesday to raise the minimum wage for all Amazon.com Inc. employees in...

NO INCOME TAX: Republican gubernatorial candidate Giovanni Feroce said he would cut spending by eliminating “complete budgets,” such as the Department of Revenue and the Department of Motor Vehicles, to make up the difference for his proposal to get rid of the state income tax.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Self-described visionary and GOP gubernatorial candidate Giovanni Feroce wants to disrupt...

Cover Story August 31, 2018 4:00 am

Giovanni Feroce sees himself as a proven leader, a visionary, someone who can create an economic future for Rhode Island as a hub for...

Can a former teacher-turned-House-minority firebrand capture the attention of voters...

Cover Story August 24, 2018 4:00 am

Patricia Morgan has made a political career of standing up to power.A vocal critic of the truck tolls enacted this year in Rhode Island...

INVESTING IN R.I.: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Matt Brown says Rhode Island should follow North Dakota in setting up a revenue-generating bank for the state. He says the lending bank would partner with local community groups and credit unions, with profits reinvested in the state. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Matt Brown wants R.I.’s governor to focus less on business interests...

Cover Story July 13, 2018 3:59 am

Matt Brown, a longtime activist for social, educational and environmental causes, wants to bring that mission to the top level of state government next...

LOOKING TO MAKE A CHANGE: Cranston Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Allan W. Fung is looking to reverse the outcome of the election four years ago, when he lost to Gina M. Raimondo for the top Rhode Island office. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Fung’s back! Do voters share his despair over the state’s direction?

Cover Story June 22, 2018 6:30 am

Allan W. Fung, the nine-year mayor of Cranston, has launched a second campaign for governor, once again targeting now-incumbent Gina M. Raimondo, and pointing...

Raising minimum wage boosts economy

Government May 4, 2018 2:15 am

Increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour is one of the best things we can do to simultaneously help low-wage, working families and...

Five Questions With Moira J. Walsh

In Their Own Words March 23, 2018 3:58 am

Moira J. Walsh | State representative, D-Providence1. You were an advocate for an increase in the tipped minimum wage before you were a state...

LOCAL 1 PERCENT meal and beverage tax collection for July declined 1.6 percent year over year, at least in part due to an inflated tax collection in East Greenwich due to an audit recovery in July 2016. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/LUKE MACGREGOR

What do you think of the proposed federal rule that would...

Hospitality & Tourism February 11, 2018 12:15 am

R.I. Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin has joined 16 other state attorneys general in filing a letter that opposes a proposed U.S. Department of...

SANTANDER BANK raised its minimum wage to $15 in all of its U.S. branches and call centers. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANGEL NAVARRETE

Santander raises its minimum wage to $15/hr

Financial Services January 26, 2018 5:22 pm

PROVIDENCE – Santander Bank announced that it is raising its minimum wage for its employees to $15 an hour.The increase in wages stems from...

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Amazon warehouse workers lose bonuses, stock awards for raises

Jeff Bezos blinked; Amazon raises minimum wage in U.S., U.K.

Self-described visionary and GOP gubernatorial candidate Giovanni Feroce wants to disrupt...

Can a former teacher-turned-House-minority firebrand capture the attention of voters...

Matt Brown wants R.I.’s governor to focus less on business interests...

Fung’s back! Do voters share his despair over the state’s direction?

Raising minimum wage boosts economy

Five Questions With Moira J. Walsh

What do you think of the proposed federal rule that would...

Santander raises its minimum wage to $15/hr

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