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‘Unions Buy Local’ Campaign Set to Launch

‘Unions Buy Local’ Campaign Set to Launch

By Pat Crowley on May 7, 2012

Two of Rhode Island’s largest unions, NEARI and the RI Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals, are launching a new  Unions Buy Local campaign just prior to this Mother’s Day weekend.  Shopping locally makes sense as we try to work with our neighbors to help grow our local – and state – economies. Rhode Island union [...]

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