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Northeast Transportation Services to leave Pawtucket, lay off 52 people in...

PROVIDENCE – South-Carolina-based Northeast Transportation Services LLC will cease its Pawtucket operations after its current contract expires on May 9. On March 19 the third-party contractor,...
TESTING: Brewer Matt Von ­Holten, foreground, and cellarman Eric Gonzalez, who oversees the day-to-day post-brewing processes, test the wort – the liquid ­extracted from the mashing process when brewing beer – at The Guild Brewery in Pawtucket.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

SOBER REFLECTION: With the craft beer boom over, breweries look...

Matthew Gray has cleared many hurdles to keep Ragged Island Brewing Co. running. And the obstacles are still coming. Gray opened Ragged Island Brewing with...

UPS to lay off 20K workers companywide; affect on R.I. operations...

WARWICK – The United Parcel Service Inc. is planning to cut approximately 20,000 jobs and close more than 70 facilities as part of the...

‘Good Burger’ sequel to be filmed in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – Now a quarter-century after the release of the original “Good Burger” feature comedy, its sequel, “Good Burger 2,” will be filmed in...
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL of Design and Teamsters Local 251 reached an agreement Tuesday on a new five-year contract. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN

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...
A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT has been reached on a new deal between the Rhode Island School of Design and Teamsters Local 251. The union is scheduled to vote on the proposal late Tuesday. / COURTESY JOEL YONG

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...
TEAMSTERS LOCAL 251 employees at the Rhode Island School of Design and RISD students stand on the picket line March 23 at the arts college during a one-day strike that day. RISD's union workers on Monday went on strike again after the latest contract negotiations stalled. / COURTESY JOEL YONG

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...
TEAMSTERS LOCAL 251 members who are employees at the Rhode Island School of Design picket outside a campus building Thursday morning. / PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

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...
UNIONIZED CUSTODIANS, groundskeepers and movers at the Rhode Island School of Design have authorized a strike, Teamsters Local 251 says.

Teamsters at RISD authorize strike over wages, health care, retirement package

PROVIDENCE – The unionized custodians, groundskeepers and movers at the Rhode Island School of Design have authorized a strike, Teamsters Local 251 announced on...
STRONG SUPPORTERS: Autumn Guillotte, left, organizer at the Rhode Island AFL-CIO; David Molina-Hernandez, organizer at Fueza El Laboral; and Kristy Eiland, volunteer, show their support for Starbucks Corp. employees at a Warwick store off Route 2 to form a union prior to the employees’ vote in early June.
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS


A rank and file revival: New labor movement hits R.I.

Starbucks customers swinging through the drive-thru on a June morning in Warwick were greeted by something many weren’t expecting: a group of baristas and...
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