Union membership on the rise in R.I.

Jacquelyn Voghel

01/30/2023

Jesse Martin — JESSE MARTIN, executive vice president of SEIU 1199 New England, was unsurprised by an increase in union membership rates locally in 2022. PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

PROVIDENCE – Union membership rates in Rhode Island increased year over year in 2022, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, reversing course from a decline noted in 2021. The Ocean State also remains the most highly unionized state in New England, according to BLS data, and is tied with California for the fourth-highest…

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