Tag: Unions
Five Questions With: Patrick Crowley, National Education Association of Rhode Island...
1. Before COVID-19, what was the most pressing labor issue for teachers? It was the state takeover of Providence public schools and what that...
R.I. had 4th highest share of workers represented by unions in...
PROVIDENCE – The share of workers represented by unions in Rhode Island was 19% in 2019, a 0.5 percentage point increase year over year,...
Want to save the middle class? Rework unions
If the U.S. is going to make a big dent in income inequality and raise living standards for the middle class, it’s going to...
This looks like the start of a great time for labor...
The tight labor market in the U.S. is leading to a shift in the balance of power between labor and capital, giving more leverage...
Not all economists are corporate shills
The economics profession gets a lot of the blame for the increasing inequality in American society. Yet the career of Harvard University economist Martin...
Get workers in the boardroom
When legendary physicist Richard Feynman was called in to help solve the mystery of the Challenger space shuttle explosion in 1986, he didn’t use...
Is GA tipping scales toward labor?
Republican Rep. Brian C. Newberry thinks unions wield too much power in Rhode Island and worries the General Assembly, controlled by Democrats, will tip...
Unions, Stop & Shop reach tentative agreement Sunday
PROVIDENCE – A tentative agreement between union workers and Stop & Shop LLC was reached over the weekend, both parties announced Sunday.
Union members of...
Have you crossed the Stop & Shop picket lines?
When more than 31,000 United Food and Commercial Workers went out on strike against Stop & Shop LLC on April 12, it was more...
Stop & Shop strike enters first full day, closes some stores
PROVIDENCE – The strike of unionized Stop & Shop LLC workers entered its first full day Friday.
More than 31,000 United Food and Commercial Workers...
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