A rally outside a Fall River location drew Reps. Joe Kennedy and Bill Keating.
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RI Stop & Shop Workers Go On Strike
After contract negotiations stalled, more than 30,000 workers across the region have gone on strike.
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Public Broadcasters Form New Partnership In Western Mass.
The two big names in public radio and public television in western Massachusetts are joining together. New England Public Radio and WGBY will soon become “New England Public Media.”
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Stop & Shop Workers Strike In Three New England States
Workers clustered together at the two entrances to the Stop & Shop store in East Hartford, holding signs in the air and chanting, “Better contract, better lives. Better contract, better lives!”The store’s employees were among unionized workers at Stop & Shop stores across Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island who walked off the job Thursday, after […]
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Former Mass. AG Coakley Joins E-Cigarette Company JUUL
Former state Attorney General Martha Coakley is becoming an official employee of the electronic cigarette company Juul.
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As Stop & Shop Negotiates With Unions, Mass. State Treasurer Offers Unique Take
Stop & Shop returns to the negotiating table with its unions on Wednesday. The state treasurer of Massachusetts has criticized the company’s proposals — and she has a unique perspective.
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Community Owned Grocery Store In Providence Sets Opening Date
A community-owned grocery store is just weeks away from opening on Providence’s west side.
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Inside Rhode Island’s Quahog Industry, A Shrinking Workforce
Rhode Islanders love the state’s famous quahogs. But the clamming industry has shrunk dramatically since its heyday in the 1980s and 90s.
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Planned Providence Food Hub Gets Financial Boost
Rhode Island’s Commerce Corporation voted to approve tax credits for local food nonprofit Farm Fresh RI to build a new facility on a former industrial site in Providence
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After Weeks With No Contract, Stop & Shop Workers Rally In Mass.
The union representing Stop & Shop workers held a rally Wednesday outside the store in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The workers have been without a contract since late February, and continue to threaten a strike.
