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Marcia Ranglin-Vassell on her first year in office

Marcia Ranglin-Vassell on her first year in office

By Steve Rackett on October 25, 2017

Marcia Ranglin-Vassell is the representative for House District 5 in the Rhode Island General Assembly.  She has often been the target of attacks from establishment Democrats.  During the campaigns in 2016 she was referred to as “some woman from Jamaica” and as Providence Rules pointed out subject to a nasty dog-whistle attack by the former […]

Posted in Featured, Providence, Rhode Island, State House, Women | Tagged Joe Delorenzo, John DeSimone, Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, minimum wage, racism, Sexual harassment, Teresa Tanzi | Leave a response

ProJo gives teachers short shrift, reporter complains about property taxes

ProJo gives teachers short shrift, reporter complains about property taxes

By Bob Plain on September 12, 2017

Not all news stories are created equally, and not all political interest groups get equal treatment in the Providence Journal. For example, the ProJo covered both the National Educational Association of Rhode Island and the Center for Freedom and Prosperity when the teachers’ union and the anti-tax activists each launched television advertisements. But for some […]

Posted in Featured, Labor, State House | Tagged advertisements, center for freedom and prosperity, kathy gregg, minimum wage, NEARI, paid sick leave, projo | Leave a response

No raise till we do our job

No raise till we do our job

By Aaron Regunberg on July 8, 2017

Like last year, I will not take a raise while so many Rhode Island families have their own raise waiting in limbo.

Posted in Featured, State House | Tagged aaron regunberg, budget, minimum wage, State House | 5 Responses

Activists demand fair wages, fresh produce from Price Rite

Activists demand fair wages, fresh produce from Price Rite

By Steve Ahlquist on June 1, 2017

RI JWJ is calling out Price Rite for its low wages & on-call scheduling practices. RI JWJ maintains that Price Rite reserves “better” produce for suburban stores and sends lower quality produce to urban locations.

Posted in Class Warfare, Corporate Greed, Featured, Inequality, Labor, News, Photos, Providence, Video | Tagged collective bargaining, Good Food & Good Jobs Coalition, Joe Colalillo, Michael Araujo, minimum wage, on-call scheduling, Price Rite, RI Jobs with Justice, RIJWJ | Leave a response

Studies show increasing minimum wage has no effect on job numbers

Studies show increasing minimum wage has no effect on job numbers

By Steve Ahlquist on April 20, 2017

In response to criticisms of the research cited in a recent piece on minimum wage, I reached out to the economists who conducted the research.

Posted in Class Warfare, Corporate Greed, Economics, Featured, Inequality, Labor, Minimum Wage, Poverty, State House, Youth | Tagged Ben Zipperer, Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, IRLE, Kenneth Mendonca, Michael Reich, minimum wage, National Employment Law Project, NELP, opportunity wage, UC Berkeley | 8 Responses

The arguments against raising the minimum wage are getting weirder and less convincing

The arguments against raising the minimum wage are getting weirder and less convincing

By Steve Ahlquist on April 3, 2017

“You pass this law [increasing the minimum wage], there are going to be dirtier restaurants,” said restaurant broker Scott Sogard, “I hope you increase the budget for the health department.”

Posted in Class Warfare, Cumberland, Featured, Massachusetts, Minimum Wage, Photos, Portsmouth, Poverty, Rhode Island, State House, Video | Tagged aaron regunberg, AFL-CIO, Angelo’s Palace Pizza, Associated Builders and Contractors of Northern Rhode Island, Bahjat Shariff, Bill Kitsilis, Burger King, Charles Jones, Chris Tarro, Clements Marketplace, david bennett, Douglas Hall, Economic Progress Institute, Elizabeth Seuver, Emmanuel Falck, Energy Markets Association, EPI, fdr, fuerza laboral, Georgia Hollister-Isman, Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, House Judiciary Committee, House Labor Committee, john simmons, Kenneth Mendonca, Lennette Boiselle, Lou Ferrazzano, Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, Maureen Martin, Michael Beauregard, Michal Araujo, minimum wage, Moira Walsh, Murphy's Deli & Bar, National Industrial Recovery Act, New England Convenience Stores, Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce, opportunity wage, Panera Bread, patricia morgan, Raul Figueroa, Rebecca Kislak, Rhode Island Hospitality Association, Rhode Island Mortgage Bankers Association, Rhode Island Public Expenditures Council, RI Jobs with Justice, RI NOW, RI Working Families Party, RIHA, RIPEC, Robert Craven, Ruth Ferrazzano, Scott Sogard, seiu 1199, Sienna Restaurants, Taco Bell, Tracy Clements Anthony, Wall Street, Young Democrats of Rhode Island | 2 Responses

RIPEC: Proposed increase in minimum wage 'relatively modest'

RIPEC: Proposed increase in minimum wage ‘relatively modest’

By Steve Ahlquist on February 23, 2017

RIPEC’s executive director John Simmons pulls out every bad economic argument he can in opposition to raising the minimum wage in Rhode Island despite acknowledging that the proposed increase is ‘relatively modest.’

Posted in California, Class Warfare, Connecticut, Corporate Greed, Economics, Featured, Labor, Maine, Massachusetts, Minimum Wage, New Hampshire, Poverty, Rhode Island, State House, Vermont, Washington | Tagged Congressional Budget Office, Douglas Hall, earned income tax credit, EITC, john simmons, Marvin Abney, minimum wage, Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training, Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, RI DLT, RI House Finance Committee, RIPEC, S Department of Labor | Leave a response

The 'opportunity wage' scam hits the RI Senate

The ‘opportunity wage’ scam hits the RI Senate

By Steve Ahlquist on February 19, 2017

Under this act an employer could choose to pay an adult $9.60 or could get a kid to do the same work for $7.20.

Posted in Class Warfare, Corporate Greed, Featured, Inequality, Labor, Minimum Wage, Rhode Island, State House, Youth | Tagged Jeanine Calkin, Mark Cote, minimum wage, opportunity wage, Ryan William Pearson | 3 Responses

Rhode Island Business Coalition opposes raising the minimum wage

Rhode Island Business Coalition opposes raising the minimum wage

By Steve Ahlquist on February 17, 2017

The undersigned members of the Rhode Island Business Coalition wish to express our opposition to Article 20 (Relating to Minimum Wages) of the Governor’s FY 2018 budget proposal.

Posted in California, Class Warfare, Connecticut, Corporate Greed, Economics, Featured, Inequality, Maine, Massachusetts, Minimum Wage, New Hampshire, Poverty, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington | Tagged Ashley E Ranslow, Bill Vernon, Dale Venturini, East Providence Area Chamber of Commerce, Erin Donovan-Boyle, Grafton Wiley, Laura A McNamara, Marvin Abney, minimum wage, National Federation of Independent Business, New England, Newport County Chamber of Commerce, Ralph Coppola, Rhode Island Business Coalition, Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training, Rhode Island Hospitality Association, Rhode Island Lumber and Building Materials Dealers Association, Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council, Rhode Island Small Business Economic Summit, Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants, RI DLT, RI House Finance Committee, RIPEC, Robert A. Mancini, Robert Shea, SBANE, Smaller Business Association of New England | 1 Response

A closer look at Rhode Island's minimum wage

A closer look at Rhode Island’s minimum wage

By Douglas Hall PhD on February 13, 2017

Even with modest increases in the minimum wage over the previous four years, the Rhode Island minimum wage is just $0.93/hour higher today than it was seventeen years ago, after adjusting for inflation.

Posted in Class Warfare, Corporate Greed, Economics, Featured, Labor, Minimum Wage, Rhode Island | Tagged 2016 Rhode Island Standard of Need, minimum wage, RISN, Steve Ahlquist | Leave a response

Raising the minimum wage in Rhode Island: Why it matters

Raising the minimum wage in Rhode Island: Why it matters

By Steve Ahlquist on February 13, 2017

“Because of the impact of inflation,” said Hall, “any year in which we do not increase the minimum wage, we are effectively giving our lowest paid workers in this state a wage cut.”

Posted in Class Warfare, Corporate Greed, Featured, Inequality, Labor, Rhode Island, State House, Video | Tagged Bureau of Labor Statistics, Douglas Hall, earned income tax credit, Economic Progress Institute, EITC, EPI, Michael Araujo, minimum wage, Rhode Island Hobs with Justice | 4 Responses

Minimum wage bills to be heard in committee this week

Minimum wage bills to be heard in committee this week

By Steve Ahlquist on February 5, 2017

Everything you need to know to effectively testify in favor of increasing the minimum wage at the State House this week.

Posted in Connecticut, Corporate Greed, Economics, Featured, Inequality, Massachusetts, Minimum Wage, Rhode Island, State House | Tagged Connecticut, Gina Raimondo, house finance, House Labor, massachusetts, Michael Araujo, minimum wage, Rhode Island, RI Jobs with Justice, Robert Craven, State House | 1 Response

More than 21 House legislators back 'Fair Shot Agenda'

More than 21 House legislators back ‘Fair Shot Agenda’

By Bob Plain on January 12, 2017

The agenda includes a $15 minimum wage, school building repairs, earned paid sick days and a more progressive car tax.

Posted in Economics, Education, Featured, Health Care, Labor, Minimum Wage, State House, Taxes, Video | Tagged aaron regunberg, Arthur Handy, car tax, Chris Blazejewski, david bennett, earned paid sick days, Edie Ajello, Evan Shanley, Fair Shot Agenda, fight for 15, grace diaz, Gregg Amore, Helder Cunha, Jason Knight, Jean Philippe Barros, Joseph Almeida, Katherine Kazarian, Kathy Fogarty, Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, Michael Morin, minimum wage, Moira Walsh, school building repairs, Scott Slater, Shelby Maldonado, State House, Susan Donovan, Teresa Tanzi | 3 Responses

Work support programs help Rhode Islanders make ends meet when wages aren’t enough

Work support programs help Rhode Islanders make ends meet when wages aren’t enough

By Juan Espinoza on December 14, 2016

In order to improve the economic well-being of Rhode Islanders, the Economic Progress Institute recommends the following: ensure health coverage remains affordable for Rhode Islanders; increase both the Rhode Island Earned Income Tax Credit and the minimum wage; and expand access to subsidized child care assistance.

Posted in Economics, Featured, Inequality, News, Poverty, Rhode Island, Social Services, Taxes | Tagged earned income tax credit, Economic Progress Institute, minimum wage, Rachel Flum, Rhode Island Standard of Need, RISN, RIte Care | Leave a response

Unite Here Local 26 endorses Marcia Ranglin-Vassell

Unite Here Local 26 endorses Marcia Ranglin-Vassell

By Unite Here Local 26 on November 7, 2016

Marcia Ranglin-Vassell has made the $15 minimum wage a priority in her campaign. In sharp contrast her write-in opponent blocked Providence hotel workers from earning a minimum of $15.

Posted in Class Warfare, Elections, Featured, Inequality, Labor, News | Tagged fight for 15, John DeSimone, Marcia Ranglin-Vassell, minimum wage, Unite Here Local 26 | Leave a response

Nuns on the Bus visit RI

Nuns on the Bus visit RI

By Steve Ahlquist on July 28, 2016

The Nuns arrived at St. Michael’s Church in South Providence to the music of the Extraordinary Rendition Band and St. Michael’s own drummers.

Posted in Activism, Civil Rights, Class Warfare, Climate, Corporate Greed, Education, Elections, Events, Featured, Health Care, Immigration, Inequality, Labor, News, Photos, Poverty, Providence, Race & Racism, Religion, Rhode Island, Taxes, Video, Women | Tagged democratic national convention, Extraordinary Rendition Band, minimum wage | Leave a response

Aaron Regunberg

Citing lack of action on minimum wage, Regunberg declines pay increase

By Aaron Regunberg on July 6, 2016

Today I declined a cost of living adjustment increase to my legislative salary, and committed that I will not take a raise until Rhode Island raises the minimum wage for all low-income workers.

Posted in Featured, Inequality, State House | Tagged aaron regunberg, fight for 15, minimum wage, Rhode Island State House | 2 Responses

Speaker: No minimum wage increase this year

Speaker: No minimum wage increase this year

By Steve Ahlquist on June 10, 2016

Speaker Nicholas Mattiello said that though he “is very supportive of raising the minimum wage,” and that Rhode Island “needs to be competitive” with our neighboring states, he has, “heard from the business community” that they need time to absorb the current wage before increasing it again.

Posted in Featured, Labor, Poverty | Tagged Douglas Hall, Economic Progress Institute, Gina Raimondo, minimum wage, Nicholas Mattiello | 3 Responses

Wage inequality worsened in 2015, despite real wage gains

Wage inequality worsened in 2015, despite real wage gains

By Economic Policy Institute on March 11, 2016

“Real wage growth in 2015 is welcome news, since it means workers’ standards of living increased. However, this comes with two large caveats. First, wage inequality showed no sign of slowing down last year. And, meanwhile, relying on falling inflation is an unwanted and unsustainable strategy for increasing living standards.”

Posted in Economics, Featured | Tagged Economic Policy institute, minimum wage | Leave a response

Increasing Rhode Island’s minimum wage and expanding the state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) boosts the economy, helps thousands of Ocean State families

Increasing Rhode Island’s minimum wage and expanding the state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) boosts the economy, helps thousands of Ocean State families

By Douglas Hall PhD on March 10, 2016

Research shows that coupling an EITC increase with an increase in the minimum wage has a greater impact on reducing poverty than either does on its own. This finding contradicts those who point to one approach as superior to the other in helping low-wage workers make ends meet. Both, together, have maximum beneficial impact.

Posted in Economics, Featured, News, Poverty, Rhode Island, State House | Tagged EITC, Gayle L. Goldin, Gina Raimondo, minimum wage, Scott Slater | 1 Response

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