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Union groups from across Rhode Island, joined by members of Occupy Providence, rally outside the State House on Nov. 8, 2011, to protest what they called severe pension cuts.
The retirees are hoping that Rhode Island's as yet unknown share of a $350 million class-action settlement with Google in a data-privacy breach could smooth the way. Anger from 2011 pension ...
Patrick Crowley, secretary-treasurer of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, said Friday that the report shows one of the unintended consequences of pension reform was making it harder for the government ...
He has been an outspoken proponent of pension reform throughout the state. [12] He has proposed a plan to freeze cost of living adjustments (COLAs) in retirees' pensions. [13] Polisena was a strong supporter of Governor Lincoln Chafee's Municipal Relief Package for the cities and towns of Rhode Island. [14]
In 2000, she co-founded Point Judith Capital, Rhode Island's first venture capital firm. Raimondo entered politics in 2010, when she was elected general treasurer of Rhode Island. [3] During her first year in office, she prioritized reforming Rhode Island's public employee pension system. [4]
RI Treasurer James Diossa voiced support for giving retired teachers and state workers a one-time stipend: The smaller of 3% of their pension or $40K.
The Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals is considered one of the most active political groups in Rhode Island. [17] It sued to oppose the shut-down of the Rhode Island state government during a budget crisis in 1991, [18] fought to keep full-time union leaders (who were former public employees) in the state pension system, [19] [20] worked to enact strong constraints ...
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