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Register for ‘Leadership For A Future’ Class of 2013

Register for ‘Leadership For A Future’ Class of 2013

By Pat Crowley on December 9, 2012

The 2013 Leadership for a Future class is now accepting applications.  The premier organizer training program in the Rhode Island, Leadership for a Future is a great opportunity for people to learn how Rhode Island REALLY works and but also how to make it work better.  You can register for the program ONLINE or download [...]

Posted in Featured, Labor | Tagged AFLCIO, Education, Labor, NEARI, working class, Working RI | Leave a response

Militia attacking striking from behind gravestones in Saylesville, Rhode Island.

Remember the Battle of the Gravestones in Saylesville

By Pat Crowley on August 31, 2012

In 1934, during the height of the Depression and one of the largest national strikes in history, 4 unarmed Rhode Island workers were killed by State Police and Militia Men called out by Governor TF Green to protect the Saylesville Bleachery in Lincoln, Rhode Island. It wasn’t a “strike,” he declared, but a “communist insurrection.” [...]

Posted in Events, Labor | Tagged AFLCIO, History, Labor, Maureen Martin, Rhode Island, Saylesville, strike, TF Green, Union | 1 Response

EP To SK: Law Firm Earns Big Money Creating Chaos

EP To SK: Law Firm Earns Big Money Creating Chaos

By Pat Crowley on June 3, 2012

Now that the House Finance Committee has released its proposed budget, it’s worth noting that most of Governor Chafee’s municipal relief package is not contained in the document.  Readers familiar with my opinions will know what I think of that; so I wanted to use that fact to highlight another set of facts: that things [...]

Posted in Education, Featured | Tagged AFLCIO, Educaiton, Kinder, Labor, LMKBW, NEA, NEARI, South Kingston | Leave a response

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