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Dr. King’s Legacy: RIPTA Called Out by Community to Re-hire Fired Workers

Dr. King’s Legacy: RIPTA Called Out by Community to Re-hire Fired Workers

By Bruce Reilly on January 10, 2012

Next Thursday, on January 19th, at 6:30pm, members of the RIPTA board will be at Direct Actions for Rights & Equality (DARE), answering calls to reinstate two employees who were unjustly fired last month.  The fundamental question is: are  people with criminal histories are sentenced to a life of unemployment?  Even the New York Times [...]

Posted in Civil Rights / Liberties, Criminal Justice, Opinion, Rhode Island, Transportation | Tagged Anastasia Williams, Andrew Cuomo, Angel Taveras, Ban the Box, Brian Newberry, Charles Odimgbe, DARE, Edie Ajello, Jim Crow, John Harrington, Martin Luther King, Mike Chippendale, RICARES, RIPTA, Scott Slater, Thom Deller | Leave a response

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