Founded in 1988, we are workers organizing to preserve the dynamic working class history of Rhode Island. #labor #history #1u #union #laborhistory #solidarity
Rhode Island, USA
Joined November 2014
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#OTD January 31, 1947, 250 Providence public school teachers were granted a charter from @AFTunion, formally founding @PTU958, then known as the Providence Teachers Alliance. @projo reported the union was dedicated to "just, consistent, & uniform policy." #OnThisDay #RhodeIsland
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Check out our latest episode covering the @rilaborhistory Panel “Organizing and Reinventing Unions in the 1970s & 1980s: Stories and Lessons Learned by Those Who Were There” featuring panelists George Nee and Scott Molloy, Ph.D.! Click here to watch: buff.ly/3Jm4Vc5
Thank you @ErikLoomis for your talk today on Labor and Environmentalism. Happy Labor Day all.
Tonight at 5:30pm: the second in our Online Speaker Series. Andrew Polta of the Public Archaeology Lab presents "Female Networks of Labor: Making a Living in Early 19th-Century Providence." Free RSVP and more info: aflcio.zoom.us/meeting/regis…
Tomorrow at 5:30pm will be the second in our Online Speaker Series. Andrew Polta of the Public Archaeology Lab presents "Female Networks of Labor: Making a Living in Early 19th-Century Providence." Free RSVP and more info: aflcio.zoom.us/meeting/regis…
Our virtual speaker series kicks off next Wednesday at 12:30pm with Dr. Christy Clark-Pujara, author of 'Dark Work: The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island.' RSVP and info here: facebook.com/events/15484224…
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New on Labor Vision, Erica Hammond speaks with Ayana Melvin of UWRI and Hillary Salmons of Prov. After School Alliance, as well as Sophia Chan, a program participant, about the role the organization provides.
laborvisionri.org/index.php/…
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Had a great conversation with Patrick Crowley, Secretary-Treasurer of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO on organized labor's response to COVID-19 and what comes next for workers and unions. Check it out!!
lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/202…
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Labor's response to COVID19 crises; and Census 2020 segment; now running on laborvisionri.org and youtube.com/watch?v=eDWX_ipm…
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New segment out now: Labor's response to the COVID19 Crises; and the 2020 Census. youtube.com/watch?v=eDWX_ipm…
Custodians win battle for their jobs valleybreeze.com/2020-02-26/… #1u #solidarity – at East Providence, RI
Join the Rhode Island Labor History Society to march in the 2020 Providence St. Patrick’s Day Parade actionnetwork.org/events/mar…
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Time to get Rhode Island in line with the other New England States and pass a law for safe staffing in resident care #RaisetheBar
