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01/27/2012 - 2:11am
GoLocalProv
Membership and dues in Rhode Island’s teachers unions would become optional under a piece of legislation introduced by State Senator Nicholas Kettle.
01/26/2012 - 9:31am
Boston.com
A top lawmaker in Rhode Island says she thinks the state's General Assembly will authorize a referendum on permitting casino games at Newport Grand.
01/26/2012 - 2:32am
WLNE-TV (ABC6)
The chairman of the National Labor Relations Board plans to push for new rules that would give unions a boost in organizing members, despite an outcry from Republicans and business groups who say the board is going too far.
01/26/2012 - 1:35am
The Brown Daily Herald
A fourteen-member panel created by last year's pension reform legislation held its first meeting yesterday at the Rhode Island State House to discuss failing municipal pension systems. After months of debate about the state pension system last year, the first meeting of the panel — which comprises municipal executives, union leaders and other political appointees — represents the beginning of a new chapter as the state shifts its focus to unfunded liabilities facing the pension systems of Rhode Island cities and towns.
01/25/2012 - 6:05pm
WPRI-TV 12 (blog)
The new local pension study commission got off to a so-so start at its first meeting Wednesday.
01/25/2012 - 5:28pm
SEIU (blog)
Delores, a retired Rhode Island state employee, was one of five panelists to speak at a recent event hosted by the National Public Pension Coalition (NPPC) in Washington, D.C. The NPPC panel discussion aimed to separate fact from fiction as union organizations and policy leaders work to protect retirement security across the country.
01/24/2012 - 11:19pm
Valley Breeze
Workers at the Department of Public Works have filed a grievance and an unfair labor practice complaint against Mayor Charles A. Lombardi, contending he violated their contract by refusing to let them take off Tuesday, Dec. 27, as their Christmas holiday.
01/24/2012 - 4:31pm
Boston.com
A plan to allow the city of Pawtucket to borrow up to $12.6 million to ease a cash-flow problem won the support of a key legislative panel Tuesday. City officials told lawmakers they need the money to overcome a cash-flow problem that threatens to delay worker paychecks next month. The city faces a $2 million shortfall in the current year's budget.
01/24/2012 - 2:39pm
WPRI-TV 12 (blog)
All 24 cities and towns with a locally run pension plan except Providence sent someone to the event at CCRI’s Warwick campus, though Warwick’s own Scott Avedisian was the only mayor who attended. But if any of them expected to hear a simple roadmap for fixing their problems, they likely left disappointed.
01/24/2012 - 11:52am
WPRI-TV 12 (blog)
One important Rhode Island municipality was notably absent from Treasurer Gina Raimondo’s local pension workshop on Tuesday morning: the city of Providence.
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