Labor & Workers
Labor unions, workers' rights, and employment
Striking DHL workers demand healthcare and living wages
"We were told it's a single man's job and that if you don't like it, don't have kids," said Matthew Maini from Teamsters Local 251. I had just asked about the negotiations over healthcare at DHLNH on Concord St in Pawtucket. Workers ther...
Labor organizations rally against wage theft and employee misclassification Station Row project in Providence
The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 11 held a rally Saturday afternoon in partnership with Fuerza Laboral and Rhode Island Jobs With Justice at the site of Trilogy Development's Station Row proj...
Painters union volunteers give new Tides Family Services building a much needed upgrade
Over 20 painters from the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 11 volunteered their time Saturday, painting the outside of the Tides Family Services building on 242 Dexter Street in Pawtucket. Saturd...
Let's keep building
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo's address to North America's Building Trades Unions in Washington DC on April 18, 2018 Governor Gina Raimondo addressed over 3,000 building trades leaders from across the United States at the annual NA...
Business groups want wage discrimination bill with teeth to be defanged
The Senate Labor Committee started Wednesday's hearing on two wage discrimination bills with only two Senators in attendance, Senator Gayle Goldin (Democrat, District 3, Providence) the sponsor of one of the bills, and Senator Paul Fogar...
Eastland Food Products workers stage one-day strike
150 Eastland Food Products workers went on a one-day strike Tuesday for better benefits, working conditions and respect on the job. Workers voted overwhelmingly to join UFCW Local 328 in May of 2016. The company, located at 69 Fletcher A...
Eastland Food Products workers target Whole Foods over fair wages
Workers for Eastland Food Products, located in Cranston, were handing out flyers outside of Whole Foods on Waterman Street in Providence Friday afternoon to call attention to charges of wage theft. "Eastland hasn't paid time and a half o...
Providence Teachers Union pickets Elorza's State of the City Address
[caption id="attachment_4994" align="alignright" width="400"] Maribeth Calabro, left[/caption] Hundreds of Providence public school teachers and supporters picketed Mayor Jorge Elorza’s State of City Address on Tuesday night, loudly fill...
UNAP, Care New England reach agreement to save jobs at Memorial Hospital
The United Nurses and Allied and Professionals (UNAP) Local 5082 and representatives from Care New England (CNE) have reached an agreement on the scope of healthcare services and jobs that will remain on the campus of Memorial Hospital a...
UNAP files lawsuit to preserve healthcare services and jobs at Memorial Hospital
United Nurses and Allied Professionals (UNAP) Local 5082 filed a lawsuit in Superior Court today in an effort to preserve healthcare services and jobs at Pawtucket's Memorial Hospital. The union contends that critical provisions in the H...