2010-02-08
Letter To The Editor: Reasons to unionize
, As a municipal employee and police officer for 22 years I have watched and read with great interest as Governor Carcieri has outlined his plan to legislate away municipal and state worker benefits and more importantly the right for workers to collectively bargain for those benefits. And I have watched with even greater interest as politicians both Republican and Democrat along with corporate leaders and most conservative talk show hosts blame unions for every financial woe in both the state and country. But the thing I have found most amazin ...


2010-01-25
More Union Support For Block Island Wind Farm
Union construction workers packed the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission’s Warwick hearing room Wednesday to endorse the eight turbine wind power project proposed for three miles off Block Islan ...

2010-01-25
Join Teamsters Local 251 protest at the Auto Show on January 23rd
Teamsters Local 251 will be hand-billing at the Providence Convention Center on Saturday, January 23, 2010 from 11:00AM to 2:00PM for the Auto Show. If you are in the area it would be great if you cou ...

2009-10-16
Tom Sgouros: Binding arbitration answer to R.I. impasses
WHEN THE RHODE ISLAND LEGISLATURE comes back into session later this month, rumor has it that members might pass a law saying that when teachers and school committees can’t come to an agreement throug ...

2009-10-14
Steven F. Smith: Where Providence teachers stand
NO ONE CARES MORE about improving our city’s schools and boosting student performance than the classroom teachers who serve the children of the Providence school system. Education progress requires a ...

2009-09-11
Richard Trumka/George Nee: Freedom to unionize a key to recovery
THIS LABOR DAY, working people are standing up and saying “enough.” Corporations are chipping away at the living standards won through generations of struggle. Paid holidays and middle-class standards ...

2009-08-28
New Season Of LaborVision Starts This Week
This week’ edition of LaborVision launches our new season. The end-of-summer program brings our viewers to the Workers Rights Board Hearing held on August 22nd at Open Table of Christ Church on Broad ...

2009-08-12
RI legislators weigh binding arbitration for teachers
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A change of position by one of the state's teachers unions could pave the way for the state to adopt binding arbitration as a way to avoid teacher strikes, an approach used in Conn ...

2009-06-22
Tune In To LaborVision This Week
Tune into LaborVision this week as they take a look at health and safety both on and off the job. Every day we are surrounded by potential hazards that threaten our health and well being. Join us a ...

2009-06-09
Click here to see why Rhode Island's tax system is unfair
Rhode Island’s over-reliance on the property tax is the main reason our tax system is unfair, on all other taxes Rhode Island is middle of the road in comparison to our New England neighbors and the ...

2009-06-04
Americans Want A More Secure Retirement System
A new survey released today by the National Institute for Retirement Security shows that more Americans want a secure retirement system. Among their key findings are are: Widespread Retirement Ins ...

 

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