Labor & Workers
Labor unions, workers' rights, and employment
Union contract with Stop & Shop ends at midnight; talks continue, strike authorization votes called
UFCW and Stop & Shop contract expires at midnight with company refusing to honor employees’ value and worth From a UFCW press release: The contract between five United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) local unions and Stop & Shop Superma...
Health Care Workers Issue Strike Notice at Blackstone Valley Community Health Center
[From a press release] Staff at Blackstone Valley Community Health Care (BVCHC) who have been fighting for quality care and living wage for workers during contract workers issued a strike notice to management. The strike notice comes aft...
Developer receiving $20 million in City and State tax breaks hires out of state contractors at below area rates
"We're out here for an area standards and wages rally," said Carpenters Union Local 330 Lead Organizer Ernesto Belo. "Callahan brings in subcontractors from out of state, no apprenticeship programs, no benefits to the community. Between...
Healthcare workers picket for living wages and patient care at Blackstone Valley Community Health Center
Staff at Blackstone Valley Community Health Care (BVCHC) held an informational picket today in Central Falls to demand fair wages, affordable health insurance, and better patient care. "We work hard to provide exceptional care to our pat...
Central Falls celebrates first co-op established in Rhode Island under new enabling legislation
Healthy Planet Cleaning Co-Op (HPCC) was co-founded in May, 2018, incorporated under new legislation enacted in Rhode Island in January of this year. This is a new model of democratically owned business where the workers are the owners....
Workers Cooperative Academy graduates their second class
On Saturday, the Workers Cooperative Academy graduated its second class in a short ceremony held at Navigant Credit Union in Central Falls. 19 people graduated the class, and may be soon starting new cooperative businesses in Rhode Islan...
Graduate teaching and research assistants at Brown vote to unionize
After a four-day secret ballot election that culminated on Monday, Nov. 19, eligible Brown University graduate students in research and teaching positions have voted in favor of union representation. The American Arbitration Association...
Advocates for the Fair Food Program want you to Boycott Wendy's and stop the sexual exploitation of vulnerable workers
Brown University students and Providence community members held a rally in the pouring rain outside the Wendy’s on 391 Charles Street Saturday afternoon. The rally is part of a national coordinated effort by the Student/Farmworker Allian...
Brown Grad Employees to file petition for union elections
From a press release: Graduate employees at Brown University have given official notice to the university of their intent to hold a union election supervised by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) in the fall, setting the stage fo...
Groden Center staff reach tentative agreement with management
[From a press release] After months of negotiating and two strikes, Behavioral Specialists and Clerical Staff, who educate and support students with Autism reached a contract deal with Groden Network management. "We are glad to have reac...