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80,000 union workers across the Ocean State, fighting for the working class every single day #solidarityisaverb 🍞🌹🌹

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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“We were proud to be the lead plaintiff.” A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Trump administration illegally terminated a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-income Americans.
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Judge rules EPA illegally terminated $7 billion solar program intended to help poorer Americans
A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the Trump administration illegally terminated a $7 billion Solar for All program intended to make solar power accessible to more than 900,000 lower-incom...
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I'm attending Rhode Island AFL-CIO's event, “RILHS Annual Labor Day Address” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/aflcio/event...
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RILHS Annual Labor Day Address · AFL-CIO
How are the historical struggles for LGBTQ+ rights and workers rights in Rhode Island intertwined? RILHS Board Member Haley De La Rosa will discuss the key role labor organizers played in the historic...
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Edward Fitzpatrick @fitzprov.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
R.I. Governor McKee faces pivotal @riaflcio.bsky.social endorsement vote in reelection bid -- Rhode Map by Dan McGowan www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/15/m...
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R.I. Governor McKee faces pivotal AFL-CIO endorsement vote in reelection bid - The Boston Globe
Wednesday is a crucial day for both Governor Dan McKee and Rhode Island AFL-CIO President Patrick Crowley.
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
It's official! This bridge in Providence is now known as "The George Nee Bridge."
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Climate Jobs National Resource Center @cjnrc.org · 27/03/2026
“Hundreds of hard-working people have put in hundreds of hours of labor into building something that the Northeast desperately needs: dependable, affordable, and local clean energy.” Read more from @riaflcio.bsky.social President Patrick Crowley. ⬇️ www.valleybreeze.com/opinion/the-...
"Hundreds of hard-working people have put hundreds of hours of labor into building something that the Northeast desperately needs: dependable, affordable, and local clean energy." Rhode Island AFL-CIO President Patrick Crowley.
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
No Kings tomorrow...see you there.🍞🌹🌹 www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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NO KINGS Providence · No Kings
**We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.** What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading fr...
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Patrick Crowley @patcrowley401.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
"Union organizers Jonathan Jacobs of SEIU 1199 and Autumn Guillotte of the AFL-CIO are also scheduled to speak at the rally. Guillotte told Rhode Island Current her plan is to talk about the need for workers to band together in order to protect democracy." 🍞🌹🌹
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Organizers plan on Saturday’s No Kings rally to be Providence's biggest protest yet • Rhode Island Current
Providence organizers expect up to 50,000 people at Saturday’s No Kings rally, with protests, marches and speakers planned at the State House and in communities across Rhode Island.
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The annual Rhode Island AFL-CIO poll is now live on our website: rhodeislandaflcio.org
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Ian Donnis @iandonnis.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
AFL-CIO poll results coming Monday. 44% of Rhode Islanders now say the state is headed in the right direction, up from 29% last year
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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 29/01/2026
The Trump Admin’s repeated attacks on offshore wind hurt workers & our local economy. Grateful Patrick Crowley from @riaflcio.bsky.social could join us today to discuss tremendous work union workers are doing to lower energy costs & power our nation forward.
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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 26/01/2026
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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 26/01/2026
I’m a no on the DHS bill. Congress must step up to protect the rights of all Americans, enact needed safeguards, and ensure accountability. ICE is supposed to enforce the law and protect the public, not abuse your rights and trample on the people they serve.
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The executive board of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO unanimously adopted this resolution about the ongoing ICE actions in Minneapolis. We stand in solidarity with the people of Minnesota and our union siblings in the @mnaflcio.org .
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Rhode Island AFL-CIO supports proposed Rent Stabilization efforts in the city of Providence.
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Great interview with Laborers Local 271 member Antonio Gianfrancesco about working on offshore wind projects. youtu.be/UuINTSa7ULg?...
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Preliminary injunction allows Revolution Wind workers to resume
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
New story from @nytimes.com features comments from State Fed President @patcrowley401.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/c... @aflcio.org @cjnrc.org
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Billions at Stake in the Ocean as Trump Throttles Offshore Wind Farms
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
“This is not the first time this administration has tried to shut down offshore wind, and it will not be the last unless we continue to push back,” said Patrick Crowley, President of the RI AFL-CIO.
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Now more than ever it is important to shop local in Providence.
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
There's something happening here... "Benoit instead suggested that RIPTA’s board support a tax on Rhode Island’s highest earners to fill the agency’s remaining budget gap. It’s a move that he admitted he wouldn’t have supported in the past."
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RIPTA once again counts on Gov. McKee to fill its budget gap • Rhode Island Current
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority's board Thursday voted 7-1 to submit a fiscal year 2027 budget request with a nearly $14 million deficit to Gov. Dan McKee, with the hope either he or state l...
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Statement from the @riaflcio.bsky.social on the shooting at Brown University. @aflcio.org #Brown
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Christian Roselund @roselund.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Killer video by @riaflcio.bsky.social featuring @patcrowley401.bsky.social on how #Trump 's illegal stop work order on the Revolution Wind #offshorewind farm affected Rhode Island workers. This is how it is done. www.youtube.com/watch?v=O333...
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Revolution Wind Union Workers Share Their Stories
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
On August 22, 2025, the Trump administration issued a stop work order on Revolution Wind, a 704 megawatt offshore wind farm off the coasts of Rhode Island and Connecticut. This video shares the stories of union members that were impacted by the shut down. 💨✊🍞🌹🌹 #SolidarityIsAVerb #offshorewind
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Revolution Wind Union Workers Share Their Stories
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Check out this great video from our union siblings at the Rhode Island International Union of Painters and Allied Trades www.facebook.com/share/v/1Bh2...
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Faces of Clean Energy @facesofcleanenergy.org · 01/09/2025
“For construction workers, project certainty means paychecks, health care, and the ability to provide for their families. The real-world consequences of this stop work order are lost jobs, missed mortgage payments, and broken promises.” – Patrick Crowley, @riaflcio.bsky.social
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Rhode Island made history as the latest state to ban captive audience meetings! Join us for this webinar, to learn more about the implications of this new law: www.littler.com/events/capti...
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Patrick Crowley @patcrowley401.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Check out this amazing commentary piece by my sisters @riaflcio.bsky.social Sec/Treas Karen Hazard and @ifpte.bsky.social Local 400 President Denise Robinson: "This Pride Month, we’re proud to be union, proud to be queer, and proud to keep up the fight" www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/26/m...
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Pride and progress: How Rhode Island unions helped win LGBTQ+ rights - The Boston Globe
This Pride Month, we’re proud to be union, proud to be queer, and proud to keep up the fight, say the presidents of the Rhode Island Laborers’ District Council and IFPTE local 400.
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
RI AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Karen Hazard and IFPTE local 400 President Denise Robinson on house organized labor has been essential for LGBTQ+ rights ✊🌈 www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/26/m...
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Pride and progress: How Rhode Island unions helped win LGBTQ+ rights - The Boston Globe
This Pride Month, we’re proud to be union, proud to be queer, and proud to keep up the fight, say the presidents of the Rhode Island Laborers’ District Council and IFPTE local 400.
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Patrick Crowley @patcrowley401.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Glad the @riaflcio.bsky.social and several of our affiliates were able to lend our names to this important mailing. @pvdcitycouncil.bsky.social
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 11/06/2025
Across the country, America’s unions peacefully stood in solidarity with @seiuca.bsky.social President David Huerta & showed that if you come for one of us, you come for all of us. The labor movement will keep mobilizing until all our union siblings are home. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Headline: Labor unions rise up against Trump's immigrations plans after L.A. raids.
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Join the NO KINGS PVD rally this Saturday June 14th, 1pm at India Point Park! Sign up here: linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%...
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Patrick Crowley @patcrowley401.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Striking Butler Hospital workers may lose health benefits after May 31 rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/05/19/b...
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Striking Butler Hospital workers may lose health benefits after May 31 • Rhode Island Current
As striking workers picketed outside Butler Hospital for the fifth day Monday, the Providence psychiatric hospital’s management announced that health insurance for employees not actively working will ...
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Patrick Crowley @patcrowley401.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Congratulations to Doctor George Nee! @riaflcio.bsky.social @sabinamatos.bsky.social
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Patrick Crowley @patcrowley401.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
We are urging @govofco.bsky.social to stand with Colorado's nurses, construction workers, and service employees, the people who power CO's economy every day, not billionaire CEOs and corporate consultants. Sign SB 5 into law! @patcrowley401.bsky.social @coloradoaflcio.bsky.social
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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 08/05/2025
It’s time to build again, America. More homes = lower rent More clean energy  = cheaper rates New roads & bridges = stronger economy We just launched the bipartisan Build America Caucus to bring that no-brainer message to Congress. Let’s get to work. 🏗️
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Patrick Crowley @patcrowley401.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Got to talk up the Rhode Island labor movement today at the @aflcio.org Northeast Regional Conference today
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Congratulations Senate President Valerie Lawson and Majority Leader Frank Ciccone on your election Together we will continue to fight for working families in RI ✊
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Statement on the Passing of Senate President Dominick Ruggerio
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
"How to make health care affordable for more Rhode Islanders? Look for the union label." Great op-ed by President @patcrowley401.bsky.social and Secretary-Treasurer Karen Hazard rhodeislandcurrent.com/2025/03/24/h...
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How to make health care affordable for more Rhode Islanders? Look for the union label. • Rhode Island Current
A pair of union leaders make the case for why increasing the number of unionized workers — and the number of Rhode Islanders covered by union-negotiated health insurance plans — can strengthen the sta...
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This Friday, March 14th, join the MA AFL-CIO for the Dropkick Murphys Union Night at MGM Music Hall in Boston! 🎶🤘 🕓 4PM Doors | 🕔 4:45PM Private Event | 🕖 7PM Show 🎟️ $65 per ticket MGM Music Hall, 2 Lansdowne St., Boston, MA Don’t miss out—get your tickets now! @dropkickmurphys.com
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Tomorrow! Join us and the Revenue for Rhode Islander's coalition for our campaign kick-off - now more than ever we need to make sure that the wealthiest RI'ers are paying their fair share ✊
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
New RI AFL-CIO survey available now! The headline? Majority of Rhode Islanders Support Rhode Island Unions and Labor’s Legislative Agenda See full results here: rhodeislandaflcio.org/resources/
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Representative Seth Magaziner @magaziner.house.gov · 11/02/2025
The workers of IFPTE 400 keep Rhode Island running! 🚧 RIDOT engineers keep our roads safe. 🌳 RIDEM biologists & foresters protect our environment. I’m fighting to ensure they have the resources, fair wages, and job security they deserve!
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Want to know what's going on in RI's Labor Movement? Check out our E-News! rhodeislandaflcio.org/e-news-febru...
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E-News: February 6, 2025 – Rhode Island AFL-CIOSearchToggle MenuPreviousSearchLocationPhoneFacebookTwitterInstagramToggle Menu CloseSearch
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Thank you to our leaders and representatives in the RI House of Representatives who supported a resolution on Tuesday honoring the work of George Nee for the Rhode Island labor movement ✊🌹 #1u #UnionStrong youtu.be/4V41x3Xk4JA?...
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Rhode Island House of Representatives Resolution for George Nee
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Thank you Senate Majority Leader Val Lawson for speaking with our labor leaders at the RI AFL-CIO We look forward to your support and leadership for working Rhode Islanders
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Patrick Crowley @patcrowley401.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Looking forward to this event Friday to share the view of organizing labor on our current health care ⚕️situation in Rhode Island. Hint: Working Class Rhode Islanders need to be at the center of the conversation 🗣️.
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Reducing Hospital Costs: What EMPLOYERS Should Know About RI's…
The Rhode Island Business Group on Health (RIBGH) is a non-profit membership organization representing the voice of RI business on health care. We help…
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
RI labor leaders stand united ✊ Statement of support for RI State Senate Leadership from RI AFL-CIO President @patcrowley401.bsky.social and Sectreaty-Treasurer Karen Hazard #Solidarity #1u
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Rhode Island AFL-CIO @riaflcio.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Check out this week's newsletter and subscribe for more e-news from the RI AFL-CIO rhodeislandaflcio.org/e-news-janua...
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E-News: January 16, 2025 – Rhode Island AFL-CIOSearchToggle MenuPreviousSearchLocationPhoneFacebookTwitterInstagramToggle Menu CloseSearch
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Patrick Crowley @patcrowley401.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Rep. Bennett introduces bill to raise minimum wage “Regular and affordable increases in the minimum wage are an important component to the Rhode Island economy..." said Patrick Crowley, president of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO.
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State of Rhode Island General Assembly
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