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AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka On President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address

Wed, 01/25/2012 - 10:19am

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Leaders are judged not just by what they say but to whom they listen. President Obama’s speech tonight shows that he has listened to the single mom working two jobs to get by, to the out-of-work construction worker, to the retired factory worker, to the student serving coffee to help pay for college.

 

By laying out a vision of an America that can create jobs and prosperity for all instead of wealth for the few, the President voiced the aspirations and concerns of those who are too often ignored. 

Rhode Island Unions Help Raise more than $8,500 For Salvation Army: Union members volunteer to ring kettle bells at Unionized Supermarkets

Wed, 12/21/2011 - 1:48pm

 


Providence, RI - On December 3rd, dozens of Rhode Island Labor Union members fanned out across the state to ring kettle bells for the Salvation Army as part of the 14th Annual Union Christmas Kettle 
Day. Organized by Working Rhode Island, the union volunteers spent their time at 28 Stop and Shop Supermarkets, Shaw’s Supermarkets and the Eastside Marketplace, who’s workers are represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. From Westerly to Woonsocket, the union members volunteered more than 500 hours of their time and raised approximately $8,500 in one day for the Salvation Army.


 

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In Rhode Island, 8,800 Will Lose Unemployment Aid on Jan. 1 Unless Congress Acts Now!

Wed, 12/14/2011 - 2:45pm

Last week, as part of a national day of action on unemployment and jobs sponsored by the AFL-CIO, the Rhode Island AFL-CIO joined with thousands of union members and community allies across the country to call on

 
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congress to reauthorize the unemployment insurance benefit program. The Rhode Island AFL-CIO and Working Rhode Island thanked our congressional delegation for their leadership and commitment to helping the unemployed who have been hit hardest by the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression and ask for their continued support.

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Thousands Rally at State House Against Pension Changes

Mon, 11/14/2011 - 11:13am
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Solidarity Forever sung by Pete Seeger & The Weavers

Solidarity Forever: Happy Labor Day

Thu, 09/01/2011 - 1:57pm

Current AFL-CIO Boycotts

Mon, 08/15/2011 - 3:06pm

A company and its products or services are put on the national list of AFL-CIO-endorsed boycotts at the request of affiliated international and national unions that are working to help the firm's employees overcome management efforts to keep them from winning justice on the job through organizing and collective bargaining.

A boycott is endorsed by the AFL-CIO after it has been initiated by the international and/or national union as part of a broader campaign on behalf of employees of the targeted company.

As appropriate, the AFL-CIO and the Union Label & Service Trades Department assist the international/national union with publicizing the boycott. The union retains the primary responsibility for conducting the boycott.

Companies,their products and services are added to and removed from the list as events warrant.

Armand E. Sabitoni- Working Families Can Not Afford More Games

Fri, 07/15/2011 - 12:44pm

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

 

In the past several years there have been many disturbing trends that leave the American working person in a difficult situation. Political whining and posturing has taken the place of the “can do” attitude that has kept our country strong for over two hundred years. The American middle class has been quite patient with the sacrifices they have made during this last difficult and painful recession. We have been patient with the bailouts of Wall Street. We have been patient when their CEO’s raked in large bonuses after we saved their corporations. We have been patiently waiting for the economy to improve while filibustering and fighting have continued in Washington.

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AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka at the National Press Club

Mon, 05/23/2011 - 9:57am
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LaborVision with Diane Ravitch at Rhode Island College

Tue, 05/10/2011 - 1:41pm

RHODE ISLAND RANKED #2 NATIONALLY IN WORKER SAFETY

Thu, 04/28/2011 - 11:32am

 

New report finds Rhode Island’s on the job fatality rate is 1.4 per 100,000 workers

Providence, RI— Rhode Island ranks second nationally in a new report on worker safety released by the AFL-CIO this week. The 20th annual Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect (http://www.aflcio.org/issues/safety/memorial/upload/dotj_2011.pdf) report finds that the on-the-job fatality rate for Rhode Island workers is 1.4 per 100,000, less than half the national average of 3.3 per 100,000.

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