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As World Cup attendees come to the state, RI TF Green International Airport food and beverage workers authorize strike
"Grove Bay Concession has until June 22 to sign a fair contract. If they do not, food and beverage workers at TF Green Airport can strike at any moment after that deadline."
Annajane Yolken is running for Providence City Council Ward 13
"We’ve been given a false narrative that if we do one thing, we can’t do another thing, and I don’t believe that," said Annajane Yoken. "We can walk and chew gum at the same time."
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ICE is a unapologetically brutal agency and a shame upon the face of RI. @govdanmckee.bsky.social, we demand that you take action now.
“Clouds of scandal” and “little payment fairies”: C. Lima has a vivid imagination. Glad the knowledgeable majority prevailed on this issue. Thx for reporting.
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Thank you, Providence General Assembly!
The Memorial Service of Irina and Stanislaw Kozak, who died cold, alone, and homeless in Providence
"... whose passing was the tragic result of broken systems, a lack of resources, and the inability of this world to provide the basic human needs that we all deserve: food, shelter, and clothing."
The RI General Assembly moves to protect access to vaccines, but not without pushback grounded in ignorance
“Healthcare is going to explode. This is bad, bad. Whatever happened to my body, my choice?” said Representative Lima who opposed the Reproductive Privacy Act. “Whatever happened to science?”
Providence General Assembly calls on McKee to take executive action against ICE.
“There’s no room for those who have been left behind in McKee & Smiley’s temporary FIFA Disneyland. We don’t want a city that refuses to help those who need it & instead represses those same people.”
PVD Council President Rachel Miller will not be seeking a third term: My interview
"Over the last few days, I have made the difficult decision not to run again in Word 13..."
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Outside the PVD Fanzone, as city and state leader celebrate,advocates inform and remind attendees that Providence is a city of skyrocketing rents and exploding homelessness.
Providence General Assembly calls on McKee to take executive action against ICE.
“There’s no room for those who have been left behind in McKee & Smiley’s temporary FIFA Disneyland. We don’t want a city that refuses to help those who need it & instead represses those same people.”
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"... whose passing was the tragic result of broken systems, a lack of resources, and the inability of this world to provide the basic human needs that we all deserve: food, shelter, and clothing."
"There’s no room for those who have been left behind in McKee & Smiley’s temporary FIFA Disneyland. We don’t want a city that refuses to help those who need it & instead represses those same people."
"Grove Bay Concession has until June 22 to sign a fair contract. If they do not, food and beverage workers at TF Green International Airport can strike at any moment after that deadline."
"We’ve been given a false narrative that if we do one thing, we can’t do another thing, and I don’t believe that," said Annajane Yoken. "We can walk and chew gum at the same time."
