Labor & Workers
Labor unions, workers' rights, and employment
Rhode Island is the only New England state relying on anti-labor, ALEC-inspired preemption clauses
No other state in New England has passed even one preemptive labor law. Rhode Island has passed two. Writing for the Economic Policy Institute, Marni von Wilbert defines “preemption” as "a situation in which a state law is enacted to blo...
Nurses want to know: What are Care New England's plans for Memorial?
Care New England announced the closing/down-sizing of Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island in Pawtucket on October 17, after a pending sale to a California based health care company fell through, but details about the closure have been scan...
Nurses and hospital workers keep pressure on as pension winds its way through court
Around 50 active and retired St Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island pension plan participants picketed outside Providence Superior Court Friday morning. The St Joseph Health Services defined-benefit pension was placed in temporary rec...
New law makes it easier to form worker cooperatives
Governor Gina Raimondo was in Central Falls on Wednesday to sign the bills that would "make it easier for workers' cooperatives to formally incorporate and do business in Rhode Island." The new law, H6001 and S676, will allow organizatio...
Nurses protest at court, Diocese over pension failure
Three busloads of retirees and potential retirees from Our Lady of Fatima Hospital and the former Saint Joseph Hospital protested outside Superior Court on South Main Street Wednesday morning. Inside, Judge Brian Stern heard from involve...